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USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service plans to add five exemptions to how it regulates plant modifications, if those modifications could be achieved through conventional breeding.

The Packer’s Organic Fresh Trends 2024 survey found that 17% of consumers said they shopped for organic carrots exclusively.

Freight costs for produce shippers declined during 2023, but the rate dip may be setting up a return to firmer pricing in 2024, some experts say.

Treasury Wine Estates deployed smart irrigation valves to help manage and automate water usage on 90 acres of its vineyards.

After tight supplies of elevated pricing for 2022 apple and potato crops, the 2023 season is bringing price relief and promotion opportunities to consumers.

How much is a good produce professional worth? Columnist Armand Lobato takes a look at how labor market conditions and employee intangibles factor into pay.

Ever-evolving, indoor agriculture made headlines throughout the year from bankruptcies to high-profile mergers and acquisitions to setbacks and triumphs.

Organic blueberry sales and volume were both up in 2022, according to retail numbers from Circana.

Data from Circana shows retail organic avocado sales topped $162.4 million in 2022, up 2.8% from 2021.

Following new findings, the state’s ag department and the USDA Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service have again added acreage to a quarantine to prevent the spread of the invasive insect.