Farmers call on Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to prioritize diversifying ag production

Signed by farmers and ranchers from all 50 states and Puerto Rico, the letter highlights the growing importance of diversifying the crops that American farmers grow, and the markets they access to help strengthen farmers' profitability and resilience, while ensuring Americans' access to healthy and affordable foods.

March 11 , 2025

Mission Produce achieves record revenue in 2025 fiscal first quarter financial results

The report attributes the record number to the marketing and distribution segment responsible for a hike in average per-unit avocado selling prices and avocado volumes sold.

March 10 , 2025

Ohalo® Launches the Ohalo Strawberry Consortium

Ohalo® announced the formation of the Ohalo Strawberry Consortium, a collaboration with strawberry industry leaders that aims to revolutionize strawberry breeding, making better-tasting strawberry varieties available for the first time ever as truly uniform true seed.

March 10 , 2025

Verité promotes a free web-based tool to manage recruitment costs in the U.S.

One of the biggest challenges for growers in the United States each season is ensuring they correctly pay all the costs associated with hiring foreign workers. Here we show you how this tool works and manage your recruitment expenses.

March 10 , 2025

Global farm equipment market projected to grow over $12B by 2032

"As equipment prices adjust, interest rates may drop, and the farmers' spending will become affordable to invest in new equipment," the MarketsandMarkets report says. 

March 10 , 2025

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture praises President for tariff reduction on potash

Secretary Rollins said Trump's decision to reduce tariffs on potash not already covered under the USMCA from 25% to 10% is a critical step in helping farmers manage and secure key input costs at the height of planting season.

March 10 , 2025

Holt Logistics on grape saturation: 'Our priority is to keep the fruit moving'

Thomas Holt III, running sales and marketing at Holt Logistics Corp., told Freshfruitportal.com that the supply of table grapes arriving in the U.S. is significantly outpacing last season.

March 10 , 2025

Peruvian avocado industry to reach 2B-pound production by 2030

During the Peruvian Agroexports 2024 webinar organized by intelligence firm Fluctuante, ProHass General Manager Arturo Medina presented key figures achieved by the country’s avocado industry.

March 10 , 2025

New estimate for Chilean stone fruit: Japanese plums up, European plums down

A total of 37.1 million boxes of Chilean stone fruit (8.3 kg average each) are expected to be exported, a volume that reflects an increase of 2% compared to the previous season.

March 10 , 2025

Present and future of Peruvian agriculture exports

David Sandoval, CEO of Fluctuante, analyzed the strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats of the sector, as well as the main milestones of the industry.

March 07 , 2025