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USDA to purchase grapefruit, oranges under Section 32

USDA to purchase up to $76.5 million in ag commodities to distribute to food banks and nutrition assistance programs across...

4 hours ago 1 minute read

USDA seeks AI partners to accelerate crop innovation

USDA calls on universities and stakeholders to help build new AI tools that can translate the huge amount of germplasm...

2 days ago 2 minute read

USDA files $900K PACA action against California firm

The company allegedly failed to make payment to 14 produce sellers in the amount of $914,938 from January 2024 through...

1 week ago 1 minute read

USDA expands farm-to-school grant program

The Patrick Leahy Farm to School Grant Program increases the availability of local foods in child nutrition programs.

2 weeks ago 3 minute read

USDA announces $500MM for fertilizer expansion

The FIELDS Program expands domestic fertilizer manufacturing, strengthens the fertilizer supply chain, and improves affordability for farmers.

3 weeks ago 5 minute read

Produce industry headlines: June 29, 2026

Read about Albertsons legal setback in failed merger suit, USDA on SNAP payment errors, grocery prices remain a top pain...

4 weeks ago 2 minute read

Week in Review: a MAHA setback 

Making America Healthy Again was never going to be an easy task as the movement faces a setback from a...

4 weeks ago 4 minute read

Produce industry headlines: June 25, 2026

Read about grocery CEO compensation, retail private brand growth, Aldi's Blind Box encore, Trump's grower aid proposal, and more.

4 weeks ago 2 minute read

Judge blocks junk food SNAP restrictions 

The federal government may not block SNAP users from buying what it calls “junk food,” according to a federal judge’s ruling Monday. 

1 month ago 2 minute read

USDA makes changes in AMS, APHIS programs

Among the USDA AMS changes is that oversight of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act will shift to the Specialty Crops...

1 month ago 3 minute read

Produce industry headlines: June 17, 2026

Read about the next step in the Kroger-Albertsons' lawsuit, Lidl's loyalty program, what's reshaping the grocery market, and more.

1 month ago 2 minute read

Produce industry headlines: June 11, 2026

Links today include a grocery pricing war, Schnucks fresh guarantee, Alico exits Florida citrus, changes at the Panama Canal, and...

1 month ago 2 minute read

HHS Secretary: All government food programs to align with dietary guidelines 

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said within the next six months, all government-funded food programs will align with dietary...

1 month ago 3 minute read

Ag Secretary Rollins: Real food and open markets are national security

Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins told the Washington Conference that the industry’s health not just economic but a matter of national...

1 month ago 3 minute read

USDA restricts seven PACA violators June 4, 2026

These sanctions include suspending the businesses’ PACA licenses and barring the principal operators from engaging in PACA-licensed business.

2 months ago 4 minute read

USDA cites Florida firm for PACA violations

The company failed to pay two produce sellers $152,035 for produce that it purchased, from January 2024 to April 2024.

2 months ago 2 minute read

South Carolina grower-shipper barred from industry over alleged PACA violations

The company failed to pay 14 produce sellers in the amount of $816,750 for produce that it purchased from July...

2 months ago 2 minute read

USDA to issue $1.625 billion in payments to specialty crop producers

USDA will issue $1.625 billion in payments to eligible specialty crop producers in response to elevated input costs and market...

2 months ago 5 minute read

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