Trade and Policy

6+ hour, 41+ min ago   (396+ words) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) - Colorado apple farmers are facing devastating losses after an April freeze wiped out crops across the state, and for one Penrose orchard owner, 2026 marks the second straight year of being hit hard. I spoke with Tony…...

14+ hour, 43+ min ago   (687+ words) Imagine you’re running an independent seed company. You’ve spent years investing in a promising new variety. You want farmers to know how good it is. So you help fund an independent trial to demonstrate its performance. The results come back....

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (258+ words) Ministry of Agriculture invests in new plantings as it awaits final approvals Taiwan’s Ministry of Agriculture has announced it expects to send its first shipment of pineapples to the US next year, according to a report by the Taiwan Times....

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (485+ words) Announced on eve of Global Produce & Floral Show, latest round of funding backs hundreds of initiatives in the US and overseas An array of produce on sale at Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia The US government has announced an appropriately…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago   (212+ words) Dragon fruit prices in Vietnam's Mekong Delta have recovered following September's decline, while vegetable prices in Ho Chi Minh City have increased due to reduced supplies. Farmgate prices for white-fleshed dragon fruit range from VND 10,000 to 13,000 (US$0.38–0.49) per kg, reaching…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (314+ words) Meet the people rewriting what’s possible in flower and vegetable seed. Some of the most important advances in flower and vegetable seed begin with one person willing to try something different. The breeder who refuses to give up on a…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (741+ words) New EU regulations aim to reduce plastic use, but could also shortern shelf life and increase food waste for certain items. Now, Bama fears the rules will make it harder to supply Northern Norway with fresh vegetables. On August 12th, the…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (527+ words) Chinese chocolate persimmons dropped to VND30,000 ($1.15) per kilogram in Vietnam, falling 70 percent year-on-year to reach their lowest level since entering the market in 2023. The price collapse puts the imported fruit roughly 10 percent below domestic persimmons from Da Lat and at one-third…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (351+ words) Iowa's Waukee Community School District is bringing more locally sourced food into its cafeterias. During Iowa Local Food Day, more than 8,300 students were served food from Iowa producers and nearby farms. The district now spends 16% of its $2.56 million food budget…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (189+ words) Chinese chocolate persimmon prices in Vietnam have fallen 70% year on year to VND30,000 (US$1.15) per kg, their lowest level since entering the market in 2023, following increased imports. Retail prices in HCMC and Hanoi range from VND30,000 to VND60,000 per kg, depending on quality....