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Brian Focht is the new manager of what are known collectively in the Pacific Northwest as the Marketing Associations, representing apples, pears and cherries.

As U.S. sweet potato exports increase, The American Sweet Potato Marketing Institute is using special events, promotional activities and social media to tout the benefits of sweet potatoes worldwide.

Fresh produce continues to flow relatively smoothly through the Nogales-Mariposa Port of Entry, although some challenges do remain at the major border crossing of the southwestern U.S.

There’s a new North American Free Trade Agreement, but “NAFTA 2.0” likely will not change the flow of fresh produce across the U.S.-Mexico border, suppliers say.

Edinburg, Texas-based Frontera Produce Ltd., is offering calabaza/gray squash for the first time, said Trevor Stuart, account manager.

Onion growers in South Texas have voted in favor of downsizing the number of members on the South Texas Onion Committee, the marketing order that oversees the industry.

It’s still relatively early in the season, but California strawberry volume seemed headed for its third record strawberry crop in a row as of early June.

Wenatchee, Wash.-based Stemilt Growers took a bite of the Big Apple from Aug. 16-18 and the Big Apple bit back.

Catch up on the latest updates from several Washington and Oregon potato companies and the states’ potato commissions.

The relaunch of the Autumn Glory apple was the most literal kind of product launch you could have.