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Video shows devastation of Texas freeze on fruit, vegetable crops

The Texas Farm Bureau talked with growers in the Lone Star State to show the ongoing effects of Winter Storm...

4 years ago 1 minute read

Kroger expands partnership with indoor farm

CINCINNATI, March 9, 2021– The Kroger Co. BB #:100073 and 80 Acres Farms bring farm-fresh produce to customers across Ohio. Today,...

4 years ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: Growers struggle to push prices higher into break-even levels

Despite valiant surges by bell pepper and cauliflower, the produce industry needs an increase in demand to drive up struggling...

4 years ago 3 minute read

The value in a business name

Have you ever stopped to think about your business name? I don’t mean how catchy it sounds or how cool...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Driverless tractor tech takes on Salinas

A California technology company promises increased production, better safety and labor savings with its driverless tractor technology. Bear Flag Robotics,...

4 years ago 2 minute read

USDA brings PACA sanctions on CA firm in $1MM+ case

WASHINGTON, March 3, 2021 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on Old West Export Inc., BB...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Pets: The produce industry’s rising consumer class

The pet industry is booming in the United States, and pets, especially dogs, represent a unique rising consumer class for...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Yuma lettuce battles ice issues

Growers in the Arizona/California desert region say cold and wind are causing quality issues and delayed harvests. Markon Cooperative BB...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Midwest may have lost one-third of its topsoil

There appears to be a mechanism in the human brain that sorts everything into Good News versus Bad News. What...

4 years ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: Markets depressed post Valentine’s

Overall markets descend after holiday pull turns into a lull. While higher-priced fruits and berries finally fall, demand remains anemic...

4 years ago 3 minute read

PMA planning for in-person Fresh Summit

March 1, 2021 Newark, DE – Produce Marketing Association BB #:153708 has announced that Fresh Summit 2021 will take place,...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Pandemic SKU rationalization: here to last?

When the pandemic supply chain crunches hit in mid-March 2020, the produce industry braced itself for SKU rationalization. Were specialties...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Inside the troubling produce consumption trends

You should be concerned if you looked at the data in the State of the Plate: America’s Fruit and Vegetable...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Could the Postal Service be used for fresh produce deliveries?

Washington, DC, Feb. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new analysis from World Wildlife Fund (WWF) identifies the United States...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Gelson’s to be acquired by Japanese supermarket parent

PRESS RELEASE: Encino, Calif. (February 23, 2021) – Gelson’s Markets BB #:113119, a premier Southern California-based supermarket chain, today announced...

4 years ago 6 minute read

USDA forecasts modest growth for produce

Economic forecasting is a treacherous art, and one that would seem to be doomed to failure. It can only predict...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Food box future on new Ag Secretary Vilsack’s plate

With President Biden’s Agriculture Secretary nomination Tom Vilsack expected to be confirmed Feb. 23, it’s worth looking at what we’ll...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Produce IQ: Markets freeze with Texas

Overall produce markets gained 2 percent as a major winter storm plunged much of the U.S. into a deep freeze....

4 years ago 3 minute read

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