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Produce shippers and packaging suppliers have faced shortages and higher prices of some packaging materials.

The South Texas Onion Marketing Order isn’t dead yet.

Hantsport, Nova Scotia-based CKF Inc. has announced investments to substantially increase its thermoformed molded fiber production capacity.

Nearly 2 in 10 consumers polled by The Packer this year say the biggest influence on their produce purchasing decisions is the type of packaging used.

Market conditions for potatoes were running above year-ago levels in late October and early November.

Wenatchee, Wash.-based Oneonta Starr Ranch Growers is rolling out a new eco-friendly bag for organic fruit in the 2021-22 season.

The Packer’s Tom Karst recently asked Matt Hiltner, marketing coordinator for Santa Maria, Calif.-based Babé Farms, Inc. about current trends in specialty produce marketing.

Single-use packaging is subject to volatile raw material sourcing, commodity markets, and manufacturing capacities.

The apple season is underway, and we want to hear from apple marketers about your expectations for the second half of this season’s apple crop.

The Packer’s Sustainable Insights survey showed that the three things growers associate with sustainability can be summarized with one theme — keeping the farm for the long run.