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The next five years could be a challenge for apple growers, but the industry should emerge stronger and in a better competitive position after that.

Emanuel Lazopoulos has joined Dole Fresh Vegetables, Monterey, Calif., as senior vice president of sales and marketing.

The next 30 years will be a critical test of the global food system, and having agriculture technology solutions is essential to meet the challenge, says Jack Bobo, CEO of food consulting firm Futurity, Potomac, Md.

While suffering a decline in value, the 2019 U.S. apple crop boasted increases in total volume and exports compared with the previous year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has decided whether three principals at two companies were “responsibly connected” at the firms when the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act was violated.

The Produce Marketing Association has a free web seminar on product innovation and better tasting fruits and vegetables, with consistent quality.

Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, Calif., has promoted Chris Drew to chief operations officer and Gladys Venezuela-Corzo to vice president of human resources.

Mother Nature is going to extremes, and the challenges that reality brings to fresh produce growers were explored in the Produce Marketing Association’s Virtual Town Hall meeting.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has scheduled a web seminar on the Farm Service Agency’s Organic Cost Share Program.

When it comes to sustainability, Watsonville-based California Giant Berry Farms strives to be on the cutting edge.