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The USDA has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the PACA.

Produce Marketing Association has announced that they will cap off this year’s Virtual Town Hall Series with a candid conversation featuring Bruce Taylor of Taylor Farms and John Anderson of The Oppenheimer Group.

Jim Donovan, a 36-year veteran of Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce, is retiring.

Week-to-week potato sales are steady, with spikes at major holidays. Potatoes are a key item to driving demand in the produce department and there are ways to help further drive sales through optimization.

The United Fresh Produce Association’s sixth annual BrandStorm event will take place online in 2021.

NEW YORK — The virtual New York Produce Show and Conference kicked off with a message from New York Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball, who addressed the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Organics Unlimited CEO and president Mayra Velazquez de León has been named the 2020 Global Trade Ambassador – Mexico award recipient from Women in International Trade – Los Angeles.

Total Chilean avocado exports in 2020 are expected to approach year-ago levels, but a new report from the USDA reveals volumes shipped to the U.S. have been declining as other markets gain share.

Salix Fruits has hired Maximiliano Guevara Inostroza as country manager for Chile and Fernando Moyano is sales manager for Europe and Russia.

Fortress Technology, which specializes in metal detection equipment for packing lines, has launched a line of checkweighers.