Sweet Corn
Food Lion debuts exclusive violet corn at 500+ stores for Labor Day. Grown in Virginia, this limited-time crop packs twice the sweetness of traditional sweet corn for late-summer grilling.
What began as a kids’ wagon stand has grown into a 70-acre sweet corn operation selling 1,300 dozen ears a weekend, now Newhard Farms in Pennsylvania is using precision ag to farm smarter as Lehigh Valley farmland disappears.
Fantozzi Farms’ 10-acre corn maze not only offers fun for the whole family, it also tells a unique farm-to-table story starring The Save Mart Cos., the Central Valley grocer with deep roots in the Golden State.
Jeff Goodale, senior vice president of strategy and business development at Duda Farm Fresh Foods, says this new fresh-cut line reflects growing consumer demand for ready-to-use produce.
Fifth-generation grower Bill Kercher says adding a “robot weeded” label to his family’s tray pack of sweet corn is just a part of his family’s regenerative agriculture efforts.
Fifth-generation grower Bill Kercher says his family added a “Robot-Weeded” label to showcase his family’s regenerative ag practices and says the reception has been very warm.
Growers are optimistic about blueberries and peaches, and that excitement is also shared for the state’s other fruits and vegetables.
Belle Glade, Fla.-based Heritage Farms Produce has recently launched a value-added tray pack option for sweet corn.
Syngenta has acquired vegetable seed breeder, producer and marketer Feasterville, Pa.-based Abbott & Cobb, known for its sweet corn.
Sweet corn promotions generally start picking up the second week in April, with major peaks on the big four summer holidays — Memorial Day, Father’s Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day.
Southern Valley Fruit & Vegetable Inc. may see about a 25% increase in spring vegetable volume this year, including some trial organic production.
Norman Park, Ga.-based Southern Valley Fruit & Vegetable is winding down its sweet corn season after a normal Fourth of July push.
Delightful Quality Produce Company has hired a new vice president of sales and business development.
Forget red and blue states. This polling map of the U.S. shows a green wave — and it’s not the Green Party you’re thinking of.
After a nice early growing season without major setbacks, Eastern U.S. sweet corn growers are optimistic about the coming crop as demand ticks up for the coming warm months and summer holidays.
Hugh Hinton Branch, who founded Hugh H. Branch Inc. in 1957, has died.
Crookham Co., Caldwell, Idaho, is introducing a purple and white sweet corn variety, Wild Violet, this spring.
Good weather this winter should result in plentiful supplies of top-notch spring produce from California’s grower-shippers.
Duda Farm Fresh Foods Inc. should have a wealth of good-quality vegetables available this spring, said Nichole Towell, senior director of marketing.
IPR Fresh, Rio Rico, Ariz., has sweet corn and chili peppers for the first time this season, said president Jose Luis Obregon.
California sweet corn harvest is right around the corner.
Despite the pandemic, ports on both coasts have optimistic fresh produce outlooks, and the Alliance for Food and Farming is looking at small, but positive changes during the pandemic.
Ontario, Canada-based Rouge River Farms has announced it has acquired all assets and shares of Americus, Ga.-based Magnolia Packing.
China’s latest round of tariff retaliation hit frozen fruits and vegetables but appeared to spare additional hikes on imported U.S. fresh produce.
Cal-Organic Farms, Bakersfield, Calif., is preparing to ship new crop yellow, red and white onions from the Coachella Valley in mid-May.
This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.
There should be no gap between old crop and new crop sweet potato shipments in Arkansas, one leading marketer reports.