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USDA Fire Recovery Assistance Meetings

USDA FSA Partner Meetings Wildfire Assistance
December 14 , 2017

Israeli easy peeler exports could reach new heights in 2017-18

The trend toward increased exports to far-flung markets like North America and Asia is also expected to continue.
December 14 , 2017

EU set for simpler farm policy rules in 2018

The "more modern" Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will have more support for farmers' position in the supply chain, incentives for young farmers and simpler risk management tools.
December 14 , 2017

Ideation Fresh Foodservice Forum: Impossible burgers, instagrammability and innovation

"We’re on a path where there is no turning back," says Andrew Freeman, founder of San Francisco-based af&co.
December 14 , 2017

John Vena makes the case for traveling from New York City to the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market

"The terminal market provides more advantages for customers who know how to use one," says Vena.
December 14 , 2017

Recent hail may impact next Argentine pome fruit crop

More weather events like this in recent years have led to increased investments in anti-hail nets in southern Argentina.
December 14 , 2017

The Piñata Podcast: Perspectives from an Australian pineapple pioneer

The Australian pineapple industry has changed significantly in recent years, and in this podcast Stephen Scurr of Piñata Farms explains how.
December 14 , 2017

U.K.: Port of Felixstowe handles one million TEU by rail

There are a total of 66 freight train movements at the Port of Felixstowe making it the U.K.’s busiest intermodal rail freight terminal.
December 14 , 2017

U.S.: Naturipe scoops innovation award at NYPS for snack product line

Naturipe Snacks combine "a little bit of protein and lots of fruit" into a portable package, which Jill Overdorf says is "just what the market needed."
December 13 , 2017

State of the Market - Week 49, 2017

The European table grape market had good sales rates in week 49 with good quality overall from Peru along with supplies from Brazil, South Africa and Namibia.
December 13 , 2017