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The House Agriculture Committee on Nov. 3 held a hearing on the challenges facing the entire agricultural supply chain.

Hands-free access to digital technology is a ubiquitous problem in the agriculture industry, said Bruce Rasa, CEO of AgVoice, and his company’s solution to the issue was just awarded a patent three months ago.

What is the top question that organic produce marketers receive from consumers? That was a question The Packer asked in a recent survey of organic marketers.

Higher input costs and labor shortages have dented the bottom line for Coral Gables, Fla.-based Fresh Del Monte Produce, the company reported Nov. 3 in its quarterly earnings update.

With younger consumers driving growth, the organic produce sector will likely experience 5% to 10% growth in sales dollars in 2022, according to Mike Mauti, managing partner of Canada-based Execulytics Consulting.

I was in the Midwest and decided I wanted to do greenhouse research. I was studying crop protection for corn and soybeans.

Maine potato growers experienced a down production year in 2020. Way down.

In the new Disney film “Encanto”, the cheerful Madrigal family from Colombia experiences a truly fortunate adventure.

During my career I’ve worked for several divisions of Procacci Holdings. Until 2007, my education was not very complete in the produce industry.