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The California Pear Advisory Board said in-store signage and graphic bins at several retailers will support education efforts.

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.