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The following is a letter to the editor from Lance Jungmeyer, President of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas BB #:144354...

Editor’s note: A previous version of this story failed to include pesticide data background critical to understanding the issue. That...

I have heard all my life how technology will make our lives better, easier, and give us more free time....

“If the situation doesn’t change, there is no future for banana production,” says Marike de Peña, a producer of organic...

I see from the latest week in review that my colleagues on The Produce Reporter have some issues with recent...

High FOB prices, coupled with high freight rates, is a puzzling circumstance. Overall market prices are slightly down, and we...

I get lots of newsletters every day in my email, but among the ones I find most informative is Rural...

As of January 15, Canadian border authorities have been instructed to refuse access to their nation to truckers who cannot...

CES has been around for 54 years and has historically been the place tech giants make big product announcements. In...

As we look back over the past two years and consider all that was thrown at us, we are mindful...

Inflation in food prices this year will not exactly be grinding to a halt, according to USDA’s Economic Research Service...

Barrington, Ill. – January 18, 2022 – Conventional grocers reported a 6.8% drop in online grocery sales on a same-store...

It is increasingly likely that labor unrest will be one of the biggest issues, if not the biggest, of this...

Broccoli volume was up from Mexico and California in the fourth quarter of 2021, but that didn’t cause prices to...

While the rest of the world is busy rediscovering The Kingdom of Tonga via satellite, fresh produce markets are having...

Here’s a guessing game: what percentage of calories consumed by Americans comes from ultraprocessed foods? It’s 57 percent, as of...

Increasing imports, particularly from Mexico, have been a source of complaint for U.S. cucumber growers. The default response is usually...

Concern about bacterial contamination of produce field crops has heavily emphasized runoff from nearby cattle operations. But of course, cattle...