Pearnel Charles Jr., Jamaica’s Minister of Labour and Social Security, enjoys a moment with some of the temporary foreign workers departing in late April for Canada.
Harvest CROO, based in Tampa, Florida, has announced that automated harvest field trials have proven to be on par with human harvesting in a commercial picking strawberry operation.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching $242M in trade promotion programs, including fruits and vegetables. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins is set to visit Vietnam, Japan, India, Peru, Brazil, and the United Kingdom in the next six months.
Summerland Varieties Corporation reports another legal victory for Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the patent holder of the Staccato cherry. The ‘Glory’ cherry is actually the ‘Staccato’ cherry.
