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The company will aim to serve a market that is within a one-day truck ride from Savannah, reaching about 25% of the U.S. population.
The grading equipment is more precise, maximizing packing efficiency and product quality with a speed almost 80% faster than existing equipment, according to a news release.
The Southeast Produce Council has delivered over 12,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables to race participants and attendees as title sponsor at annual benefit race.
Peaches are in shorter supply in the U.S. Southeast this year, and consumers are paying the price.
Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference organizers are offering full registration to growers who faced substantial losses from Hurricane Michael, making it easier for them to attend the annual show.
The Georgia Grown program is partnering with Publix Super Markets on the launch of a local campaign.
Recent Shelby Market data has revealed the top retailers by market share in each region of the United States.
The Port of Savannah, Ga., has added East-West routes to its chilled produce business, with new services to Europe and Asia.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture has chosen April 22 as the official pack date of the famous onions.
Late April signals the start of a new Vidalia onion season each year, and with it comes Shuman Farms’ commitment to supporting Produce for Kids and Feeding America.
Hardships born from a big freeze in 2016 have inspired Georgia’s blueberry industry to invest in some protective technology so growers don’t get frozen out of the market again.
Kenny Bennett, the longtime farm manager and business partner at the L&M Family of Cos., has died.
Florida growers are struggling against imported produce from Mexico, according to Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association testimony to the International Trade Commission.
Americold Realty Trust, which owns and operates temperature-controlled facilities and infrastructure, has acquired PortFresh Holdings, which serves the fresh produce industry primarily through the Port of Savannah, Ga.
Morning Kiss Organic, Chelsea, Mass., is continuing its partnership with Generation Farms, offering organic Vidalia onions.
Shuman Produce, grower-shipper of Vidalias and other onions year-round, is rebranding, with a new trade name of Shuman Farms, and has numerous personnel changes, primarily in sales and marketing.
The Southeast Produce Council is asking people to join its team in the Strong4Life Superhero Sprint, which raises funds to fight childhood obesity and its associated diseases in Georgia.
With a new Vidalia onion season officially opening April 22, Bland Farms has a new package design.
Vidalia onions are now shipping to retailers, and the Vidalia Onion Committee is celebrating its new marketing campaign, The Sweet Life.
Organic herb and microgreens company Shenandoah Growers Inc., Rockingham, Va., has opened an expanded production facility in Jefferson, Ga.
Grimmway Farms, Bakersfield, Calif., has acquired processing facilities and other assets from Generation Farms, Lake Park, Ga., a grower of carrots and other vegetables.
The official start date for the Vidalia onion season has been set for 8 a.m. April 20.
J&J Family of Farms, Westlake, Fla., has made personnel changes.
State officials will be joining the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association in an update of state agricultural funding.
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.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, former governor of Georgia, said the conclusions in a study from the University of Georgia — his alma mater — about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement are “flat wrong.”
The University of Georgia’s recent study on the potential effect of the “new NAFTA” on the state’s vegetable and berry growers is drawing friendly fire.
With Vidalia onions soon heading to supermarket shelves, retailers have options to enhance their marketing, and the Vidalia Onion Committee and Certified Angus Beef will feature a summer grilling series on social media.
Following Shuman Farms’ acquisition, the company now has 2,800 acres of Vidalia onions in the ground and has solidified itself as one of the largest grower-shippers in the industry, says John Shuman, president and CEO.
With sweet onion sales accounting for 35% of the onion category, retail promotional efforts involving endcap displays, bins and cross-merchandising can increase market share, says the marketer’s vice president of sales.