Produce

Citrus growers in California's San Joaquin Valley have spent about $87 million fighting off crop-damaging frost as a cold front has swept through the region this month. …

Shrimp cocktail and premium juices set out in the lunchroom at the new apple-packing plant in Huron, Wayne County, suggested good times. And that would be just about right for New York's apple country, where a building boom is reflecting a major shift in the region's apple industry.

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The Agriculture Department says North Dakota's potato crop is down 10 percent over the past year. North Dakota growers, dealers and processors held 12.6 million hundredweight of potatoes in storage on Dec. 1. That's down 10 percent from a year ago and down 3 percent from 2009. …

Green Valley Food Corp. of Dallas, Texas is recalling a grand total of 6,723 cases because of a “Let’s Grow Healthy Together!” Alfalfa Sprouts 5 oz. container test result showed to be contaminated with Salmonella. …

From analyzing the essential steps to creating a 21^stcentury U.S./Mexico border to surviving the food safety tsunami to touring the shiny new Mariposa port-of-entry, the second annual America Trades Produce Conference March 21-23 in Nogales is a can’t-miss event. …