Cabbage
Severe drought and unseasonable spring heat in North Carolina are causing significant yield losses for specialty crops like brassicas and berries while simultaneously increasing pest pressures for regional organic growers.
Using the French term of endearment that translates to “my cabbage,” the nonprofit invites donors to fund produce freight and celebrate the 2026 Year of the Cabbage.
Specialty crops play a huge role in the economy of New York, though companies say there is much more that helps the state stand out.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1 1/9-bushel cartons of jumbos in late August from western North Carolina sold for $8-10.35 for jumbos and extra large.
Southern Valley Fruit & Vegetable Inc. may see about a 25% increase in spring vegetable volume this year, including some trial organic production.
PennRose Farms, Wimauma, Fla., a grower-owned company that has a network of growers in the U.S. and Mexico, is expanding its geographic footprint.
Good weather this winter should result in plentiful supplies of top-notch spring produce from California’s grower-shippers.
Thanks to mostly favorable growing weather, Florida grower-shippers anticipate a strong spring season for their fruits and vegetables.
In spite of some recent heavy rainfall, grower-shippers in California’s Kern County said they were anticipating an on-time start for this year’s deal.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect companies and individuals in the fresh produce industry.
North Carolina produce shipments dipped slightly from 2019, U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics reveal.
Alpine Summit Sales will have an extensive line of fruits and vegetables this summer, sourcing from varied growing areas including Colorado, California and Mexico.
Georgia growers who supply mostly retailers say they’re doing fine, but as for foodservice business — well, not so much.
The year started off fine for The Fresh Guys, said president Peter Braidman. But then COVID-19 came along.
In the Carolinas, spring and summer produce is an edible rainbow. And the harvest is looking good, growers say.
There should be no gap between old crop and new crop sweet potato shipments in Arkansas, one leading marketer reports.
A number of online events are scheduled around the continuing COVID-19 crises, designed to educate and in one case, to celebrate the end of a harvest in what has been very unorthodox circumstances.
Beets, cabbage, greens, herbs, parsley, potatoes, radishes and spinach are some of the produce crops Texas produce suppliers will be shipping in December.
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Citrus surged in interest during the last few days of December, taking six of the top 20 spots.
Pummelos, oranges and strawberries maintained the top three spots on PMG the week of Jan. 11, but mandarins rose from No. 11 the previous week to No. 4, and cabbage, previously No. 12, moved up to the No. 5 spot.
Pummelos and oranges maintained the top two spots on PMG the first week of January, but strawberries rejoined the list at No. 3.
Prissy Fletcher is overjoyed. The cabbage crop is thriving this year in St. Johns County, just south of Jacksonville in northeastern Florida.
Pummelo, oranges and strawberries carried the top three spots on PMG for the third week in a row, while lettuce rose three places to No. 4, and apples gained four spots to complete the top 5.
Strawberries retained the No. 1 spot on PMG the week of Feb. 1, but apples rose from No. 8 the previous week to take the No. 2 slot.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its Pesticide Data Program Annual Summary, detailing results from 2018 tests of residues on produce and other items.
Fresh Express has a new take on its chopped salad line that focuses on trending flavors, including a trio of “Twisted” Caesar salads.