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Agribusiness owners thinking of selling their company—whether to explore new endeavors or enjoy more leisure time—often look to family members,...

With the farm bill set to expire at the end of September, Congress will be under pressure to pass something...

Mexican truckers have postponed the strike that had been planned for this morning, on the grounds that the federal government...

In case you avoided the internet all weekend, the tropics are ablaze with activity. Storms on the West and East...

Blame my odd sense of humor. When I see the words “human foods,” I think of the product that is...

The big money in American agriculture is in the major commodities such as corn, soybeans, and wheat. It would make...

Everyone hates food waste, but nobody does anything about it. That’s not completely fair. The culinary sister team of Margaret...

For the first time in 84 years, a tropical storm has hit Southern California. Hurricane Hilary struck the coast of...

How much does it cost to grow an acre of romaine hearts in the nation’s salad bowl? A new study...

You may have already seen the headline (or a variant) somewhere. Here’s Yahoo’s. According to a study from the U.S....

When Batavia, IL-based Aldi BB #:116756 said it is buying 400 Winn-Dixie BB #:110823 and Harveys locations, I was shocked. It...

The July Marketplace July was another month of single-digit food and beverage inflation for U.S. retail. While the Circana (formerly...

The federal government reports inflation is easing, but consumers say it’s much stronger than what the government reports. Who’s right,...

It’s not looking good for the plant-based meat industry, which was enjoying such a vogue before the pandemic. It is...

There are all sorts of incentives for best practices in many areas. If you don’t smoke, you pay less in...

The financial expression, “past performance is no guarantee of future results,” holds true for fresh produce markets. The ProduceIQ Index...

Here’s another name you can add for this hated disease: California calls it huanglongbing (HLB), Florida calls it citrus greening...

Microsoft czar Bill Gates has gotten attention for his purchases of farmland: some 275,000 acres (another figure gives 242,000 acres)....