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Even though 2020 was a great year for selling crops to retailers, many of New York’s growers are playing it safe by not planting too much more for the 2021 season.

Ontario, Canada-based Rouge River Farms has announced it has acquired all assets and shares of Americus, Ga.-based Magnolia Packing.

For the first time, Marcio Resende, a University of Florida Institute for Food and Agriculture Sciences sweet corn breeder, led a team of researchers to sequence the genome of a type of supersweet corn.

Retail sales of fresh vegetables continue to significantly exceed 2019 as many consumers continue to eat more meals at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bert Barnes, account manager and corn commodity manager for Oviedo, Fla.-based Duda Farm Fresh Foods, provided an update June 29 on how sweet corn supply and quality are looking heading into the Fourth of July weekend.

There can never be enough sweet corn or cherries for Fourth of July retail promotions, and that is especially true this year.

Fresh produce dollar sales growth fell below 10% for the first time in nearly two months as the timing of Father’s Day produced unfavorable sales comparisons for some items.

Despite the pandemic, ports on both coasts have optimistic fresh produce outlooks, and the Alliance for Food and Farming is looking at small, but positive changes during the pandemic.

Cal-Organic Farms, Bakersfield, Calif., is preparing to ship new crop yellow, red and white onions from the Coachella Valley in mid-May.

Anita Fial, whose work at New York public relations firm Lewis & Neale over five decades helped introduce consumers to Mexican mangoes, Mexican avocados and Florida sweet corn, has died.

California sweet corn harvest is right around the corner.

IPR Fresh, Rio Rico, Ariz., has sweet corn and chili peppers for the first time this season, said president Jose Luis Obregon.

Duda Farm Fresh Foods Inc. should have a wealth of good-quality vegetables available this spring, said Nichole Towell, senior director of marketing.

Good weather this winter should result in plentiful supplies of top-notch spring produce from California’s grower-shippers.

Crookham Co., Caldwell, Idaho, is introducing a purple and white sweet corn variety, Wild Violet, this spring.

Hugh Hinton Branch, who founded Hugh H. Branch Inc. in 1957, has died.

GloriAnn Farms and partner company Five Crowns Marketing plan to display and sample the full line of GloriAnn and Majesty branded sweet corn at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit expo.

Japan has agreed to eliminate tariffs on a number of U.S. exports, including almonds, blueberries and sweet corn.

South Bay, Fla.-based Branch: A Family of Farms has increased efforts to improve sustainability in sweet corn production.

Rouge River Farms, a sweet corn grower in Florida, Georgia, Virginia and Ontario, has all of its U.S. operations certified by the Equitable Food Initiative.

Colorado vegetable growers say they anticipate good volumes and strong markets this year, although they had to deal with some weather-related delays.

South Carolina School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties has teamed up with Pelion-based WP Rawl to host a free farmers market with fresh vegetables grown by the greens company.

Minkus Family Farms in New Hampton, N.Y., is unlike many other commercial-scale vegetable farms in the state, and even the Northeast.

Morning Kiss Organic has partnered with growers throughout New England and the East Coast and plans to begin shipping organic sweet corn in late July.

Forget red and blue states. This polling map of the U.S. shows a green wave — and it’s not the Green Party you’re thinking of.

China’s latest round of tariff retaliation hit frozen fruits and vegetables but appeared to spare additional hikes on imported U.S. fresh produce.

Corn on the cob is a staple on American tables during the summer. Selling corn in the summer is easy, but stretch your marketing muscles to improve sales at other times of the year, as well.

The California sweet corn crop, grown in the Imperial Valley, is ready for shipping.

After a nice early growing season without major setbacks, Eastern U.S. sweet corn growers are optimistic about the coming crop as demand ticks up for the coming warm months and summer holidays.

The Florida spring produce season will get underway in time, thanks to a largely uninterrupted spate of favorable growing conditions, suppliers say.

Most Florida growers said they expected a typical crop this fall with good quality and sizing.

Trading at $21-25 per carton, south Georgia sweet corn f.o.b. prices were nearly triple year-ago levels in late October.

Branch: A Family of Farms is using new eco-friendly trays for corn year-round.

Amelia Freidline and Ashley Nickle discuss the produce age gap for sweet corn, which according to Fresh Trends research is purchased significantly more by older generations than by millennial consumers.

Turek Farms finished up its sweet corn supply in Georgia and made the transition to Delaware in early July, with New York harvest right around the corner.

Heavy spring rains pushed back harvest dates for vegetable crops in the Del-Mar-Va growing region this year.

Bell peppers and tomatoes saw big production increases in 2017, while sweet corn acreage was stable.

Sweet corn will be a new item this year for Eastern Fresh Growers, Cedarville, N.J., said president Tom Sheppard.

The summer grilling season is getting underway, but it's not just burgers and brats going on the grill.

A Florida sweet corn operation is the first on the East Coast to earn a certification from Equitable Food Initiative.

Syngenta has acquired vegetable seed breeder, producer and marketer Feasterville, Pa.-based Abbott & Cobb, known for its sweet corn.

Syngenta has acquired vegetable seed breeder, producer and marketer Feasterville, Pa.-based Abbott & Cobb, known for its sweet corn.

Belle Glade, Fla.-based Heritage Farms Produce has recently launched a value-added tray pack option for sweet corn.

(UPDATED Feb. 28)  Brighton, Colo.-based Sakata Farms is discontinuing sweet corn, broccoli and cabbage production.

Florida vegetable growers anticipated strong quality in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.

Tracy, Calif.-based GloriAnn Farms recently donated $20,000 to charities following two successful promotions.

Raley’s Fine Family of Stores, Sacramento, Calif., is the 2017 Amaize Sweet Corn Retailer of the Year, thanks to its support for the program and loyal customer following.

GloriAnn Farms plans to offer limited supplies of organic sweet corn next season from the West Coast.

For the sixth year in a row, sweet corn marketer GloriAnn Farms is supporting the National Breast Cancer Foundation through the Corn for the Cause campaign.

Commerce City, Colo.-based Ringer & Son Brokerage Co. Inc. expects to sell more Colorado-grown peaches, corn and pears this year.