The French-fry giant closed its Connell processing plant on September 30, 2024, citing a supply and demand imbalance.
- Pear Bureau Northwest is anticipating a short crop from the states of Washington and Oregon. Exports will be affected to the top two destinations: Mexico and Canada.
- A joint venture has successfully built a vertically integrated blueberry-growing and marketing operation from scratch. This included building its own tissue culture laboratory to propagate plants and a complete nursery facility, finding suitable…
- Dennis Beesigamukama, a postdoctoral fellow at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Nairobi, Kenya, is the 2024 recipient of the Norman E. Borlaug Award for Field Research and Application.
- The U.S. apple estimate represents a 10 per cent decrease compared to the final 2023 production figure.