Momentum Grows To Open Japanese Market for U.S. Potatoes

For 25 years, U.S. potato growers fought for market access in Mexico, only to be repeatedly set back by regulatory hurdles.

U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council awarded $1.5 million of USDA RAPP funding to further develop opportunities in emerging global markets.

The U.S. port strike might have been short-lived. But the ripple effects could linger.

See the government agency’s statement about the dockworker strike affecting East Coast and Gulf Coast ports.

USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service recently identified fresh market opportunities for California almond exports. Find out where.

Based on conservative assumptions, U.S. fresh produce imports from South of the Border will increase by about 29.2% over 2022 levels.

State ag commissioner speaks out again in support of local growers feeling the weight of unfair trade practices.

Florida specialty crop growers taking a particularly big hit from imports during their market window.

Nerves on the rise as China rejects all U.S. agricultural goods in retaliation of another round of U.S.-sanctioned tariffs.

Increased duties to be lobbied on frozen, processed fruit and vegetables, as well as some crop input products.

Organizations get $200 million to identify and access new export markets.

Despite gloom and doom over tariffs this year, and trade worries in general in the next few, people with money will want the best products in the world.

A new issue, trade/tariffs, surfaced for the first time in the survey — and the nation’s crop advisers tell growers what they really think.

Smaller crop size in Washington and increased tariff pressure has kept more fruit in the domestic markets.

Growers are stinging from low prices and uncertain markets.

A grower’s best defense? Invest in technology and stay informed to promote your cause.

New study looked at 10 fruit and nut crops, and found that nut growers in particular stand to be penalized heavily, especially almond growers.

Country now screening all fresh batches for disease and rot; imports waiting up to a week in quarantine.

Specialty crop growers in the Sunshine State seek relief from unfair trade deal.