The Washington apple crop will be somewhat smaller than expected this year, but despite some setbacks, grower-shippers say plenty of good-quality fruit should be available.
Sarah Grady, the U.S. supply chain manager at McDonald’s Corp. for produce, fruit, potato and beverage categories, is the newest member of the United Fresh Produce Association’s board of directors.
Keystone Fruit Marketing, which first started importing its Mayan Sweets branded onions from Peru in the mid-’90s, has a number of promotions planned through the Peruvian season.
Visitors to the California Avocado Commission’s booth at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit in October will have the opportunity to go back in time — specifically, 40 years.
Gerawan Farming and other California industry leaders are calling on the United Farm Workers and the California’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board to certify the long-delayed results of a November 2013 election.
Sales of table stock potatoes in the 2017-18 season totaled 107 million cwt., a 6% drop from the previous year, but the national average price-per-cwt. rose $1.13, to $11.73, according to the USDA.
Trade sources worry that U.S. exporters of fruit and other commodities may face inspection delays and other non-tariff barriers after the latest round of tariffs imposed on China by the Trump administration.
Significant damage to North Carolina’s sweet potato crop is anticipated after Hurricane Florence pounded many areas of the state with double-digit rainfall totals.
