Minnesota
Growers in the 300-mile valley produce red, yellow, white and russet potatoes on 120,000 total acres in North Dakota and Minnesota.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s grant program is designed to strengthen urban agriculture, expand youth education programs and improve community access to fresh locally grown food.
Leaves may be falling, but autumn sales for Twin Cities distributors certainly aren’t.
Produce suppliers in Minnesota’s Minneapolis-St. Paul region are gearing up for a strong fall season as summer fruits give way to heartier autumn offerings.
Morris, Minn.-based Fresha says an early start to planting and favorable weather have contributed to a good yield outlook for the crop.
Bix Produce has swung into action not only to keep its customers well stocked, but to do whatever is necessary to help them adapt to new ways of doing business, said Alejandro Montoya, CEO and CFO.
Produce business seems to be doing well in the Twin Cities area as fall approaches, at least in part due to consumer reaction to the coronavirus pandemic.
Minnesota may be the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but it’s also the land of 10,000 restaurants, according to St. Paul-based Hospitality Minnesota.
Loffredo Fresh Foods, Des Moines, Iowa, is branching out to Minneapolis, delivering to customers from a new distribution center.
Eden Prairie, Minn.-based C.H. Robinson has made a series of tech enhancements to its self-shipping tool Freightquote by C.H. Robinson (freightquote.com).
First Kiss — an apple variety that debuted in 2018 in very limited supply — is back on retailers’ shelves in August.
Carissa Olsen is the new president and CEO of NoKota Packers Inc., Buxton, N.D.
New study looks at how climate variability contributes to (or detracts from) worldwide grain output.
Minnesota officials and propane suppliers say they’re better prepared to avoid repeating the shortages that hit much of the Midwest last winter.
Gov. Mark Dayton is urging the federal government to step in on railroad delays hitting Minnesota grain farmers.
Minnesota farmers will face several challenges in shipping and storing what’s expected to be the state’s second largest corn crop in history.
Black Gold Farms, Grand Forks, N.D., has formed Horizons Logistics LLC to overcome increasing challenges of finding reliable transportation.
The USDA has imposed sanctions on J & J Distributing Co. Saint Paul, Minn., for violating the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
Bushel Boy Farms is now growing cucumbers at its Owatonna, Minn., greenhouse.
Red River Valley potatoes are promoted in a big way by the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative complaint against H Brooks and Company LLC (H Brooks) for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
Minneapolis, Minn.-based fresh-cut produce processor G.O. Fresh has hired Adam Dilley as the company’s director of sales and business development, according to a news release.
Some Red River Valley potato marketers could finish a little earlier than usual this year, said Ted Kreis, marketing and communications director for the Northern Great Plains Potato Growers Association.
The two companies have worked together for several years to service Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) military bases throughout the Midwest.
Rossignoli succeeds Michael Castagnetto, who has been promoted to vice president of customer success supporting the North American Surface Transportation division within C.H. Robinson.
Potato movement has been good throughout the Red River Valley at the start of this season.
The availability of livestock workers was ranked as more limited than crop workers and finding long-term help seen as more difficult than temporary help due to the seasonal nature of the ag industry.