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Doug Kling joins Black Gold Farms Board of Directors

Press Release: Grand Forks, ND – Black Gold Farms BB #:103182, and the Halverson family announces the appointment of a member...

6 years ago 3 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – August 30, 2019

Greg and Pamela talk about some of this week’s biggest stories, from the red hot bell pepper market, and why...

6 years ago 1 minute read

Hurricane Dorian heads for Southeast growing regions this weekend

Florida and Southeast citrus and vegetable grower-shippers are bracing for the first major hurricane of the season at a time...

6 years ago 3 minute read

Is jackfruit the new tofu?

Will the quest for plant-based meat take us to jackfruit? It very well might, according to a recent article in...

6 years ago 4 minute read

Mexican officials tout their response to Panama disease on bananas

In an article published by Mexico’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), the National Health Service, Food Safety Quality...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Dollar General expanding DG Fresh to fourth distribution center

Goodlettsville, TN-based Dollar General BB #:172794 is having a stellar year in 2019. The company reported an 8.4% increase in...

6 years ago 2 minute read

H-E-B surprises food bank donation with Lubbock expansion announcement

Grocery retailers are no strangers to food bank donations, but San Antonio-based H-E-B BB #:106490 decided to sneak in a...

6 years ago 1 minute read

Do you speak “customer”?

A few weeks back, I hunkered down to experience my first hurricane at our New Orleans home. I stocked up...

6 years ago 4 minute read

Apple growers brace for new round of Chinese tariffs

PRESS RELEASE: Falls Church, Va. (Aug. 28, 2019)—U.S. apple growers are bracing for another round of retaliatory tariffs from China,...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Shareholders come before stakeholders

Recently, business publications have reported that some corporate chieftains have proclaimed they work for stakeholders, not shareholders. At this point,...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Of beer games and bullwhips in supply chain

The Beer Game, although fascinating, is not quite as much fun as it sounds, but it does provide an illustration...

6 years ago 5 minute read

USDA projects over 250 million carton apple crop for 2019-20

The U.S. Department of Agriculture forecast the 2019-20 apple crop to be 253.1 million 42-pound boxes, which would make it...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Safeway clerks find $1.4 million in cocaine in banana boxes

In a story that’s a slippery slope to into bad puns, produce clerks at three King County, WA, Safeway BB...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Rabobank report cautions against organic produce oversupply

While organic food demand—and sales—continue to rise, a recent Rabobank RaboResearch report suggests grower-shippers take a look at their strategy...

6 years ago 4 minute read

BREAKING: U.S. and Mexico reach agreement on tomatoes

According to news reports, there’s a new agreement for Mexican tomato imports. The new deal includes one piece of controversy...

6 years ago 1 minute read

UPDATED: U.S. and Mexico reach agreement on tomatoes

There’s a new agreement for Mexican tomato imports. The new deal includes one piece of controversy in the process –...

6 years ago 2 minute read

Target shifts store employee roles toward specialization

Minneapolis-based Target BB #:166987 has been overhauling both physical stores and its workforce over the past few years, and if...

6 years ago 3 minute read

Trucking hours-of-service proposed changes give industry more flexibility

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) proposed rules ease some of the restrictions since electronic logging devices became mandatory...

6 years ago 3 minute read

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