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The Southeast Produce Council is pleased to recognize several outstanding individuals who have been nominated for this year’s Next Generation Award.

Federal officials announced this week mandatory water cuts to the Colorado River, marking the first federal water cuts, and it’s the first-ever water shortage for a river that serves 40 million people in the West.

Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Apeel today announced $250M in Series E funding led by returning investor Temasek.

Fusion, a business-to-business integrated marketing agency focused on fresh produce and grocery in the retail environment, was named a top ten retail marketing service company by Retail Tech Insights magazine.

Effective immediately, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is adding sections to the citrus black spot (CBS) quarantine area in Florida.

From July 2020 - June 2021, potato sales increased in dollars by 3% but declined slightly in volume by 0.3% compared to the previous July-June marketing year.

The USDA announced today an investment of $69 million to address critical food and nutrition security needs of low-income communities enduring the pandemic.

Effective July 14, USDA and the Texas Department of Agriculture expanded the Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) quarantines in the cities of Brownsville and Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas.

More citrus-growing areas of Australia have been cleared to export to the U.S.

Effective Aug. 24, the USDA is implementing restrictions on all commercial consignments of fresh fig fruits imported into the U.S. from Mexico to prevent the introduction of black fig fly.