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The EPA has approved an expanded label for shelf-life extender HarvestHold Fresh from Verdant Technologies.

The USDA will provide nearly $1 billion in additional funding to schools to support the purchase of American-grown foods for their meal programs.

The USDA has drafted a pest risk assessment for the importation of avocado (Persea americana) fruit for consumption from Panama.

Florida citrus leader Al Finch, 55, died June 21.

Fallbrook, Calif.-based Del Rey Avocado recently completed a major overhaul of the company’s Fallbrook packinghouse facility.

The USDA has announced that additional commodities and features are now available on the free USDA Market News App, according to a news release.

Farmland sales continue to steal the headlines. As prices records continue to be broken, keep some of these farmland trends in mind.

War, drought and a global pandemic aren’t exactly all the horsemen of the apocalypse, but three out of four are bad enough.

Winifred Mary Pandol, nee Zaninovich, died Saturday, June 25, in Bakersfield, Calif., the company announced.