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Calling all produce decision-makers! Potatoes USA is holding its first-ever Fresh Potato Merchandising Contest! We’re talking to you, Buyers, Sales Managers, Merchandising Managers, and Procurement Specialists.

The USDA is giving a big boost to organic agriculture just when the sector can use it.

Two well-known breeders working together to find an earlier ripening sweet cherry.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits to low-income households will increase by 18% this year, according to new projections from the Congressional Budget Office.

Shanghai offered some tax rebates for companies and allowed all manufacturers to resume operations from June as authorities rolled out policies to revitalize an economy impacted by Covid-19 lockdowns.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control spends twice as much money trying to convince consumers to stay away from tobacco products as they do spending money to support fruit and vegetable consumption.

The industry lost another “produce man” recently.

Updated conditions in the Southern Plains show some relief but mostly historic levels of drought conditions.