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With plenty of drama and plot twists, negotiations related to the tomato suspension agreement between Mexican growers and the Department of Commerce are continuing, according to an official with the U.S. agency.

Whatever your opinion on organics, there’s a market for it.

The Chilean fruit industry is assessing the damage to stone fruit, cherries, blueberries, kiwifruit and grapes after a Nov. 12 hailstorm.

Long-time East Coast tomato industry operator Batista Madonia, 81, has died.

The beginning of the Florida strawberry season has started off lighter than usual but should find strong volume in January.

Florida’s fastest-growing strawberry variety also is its newest.

The time for automated harvest of strawberries is getting closer, said Gary Wishnatzki, co-founder of Harvest CROO Robotics and president, CEO and owner of Wish Farms, Plant City, Fla.

Chilean blueberry export volume in 2018-19 will be down slightly from last year’s record levels, but the North American market will be well-supplied.

With higher prices offsetting reduced volume, 2016-17 Florida citrus returns were little different than the previous year, a new report says.

Seeking an 11th-hour deal that would preserve a revised tomato suspension agreement with the Commerce Department, Mexican tomato growers have submitted a proposal.