Sure, Georgia is known for peaches, but since the late 1800s the state has led the nation in pecan production. November is National Pecan Month and Georgia pecan growers are getting ready for the hectic holiday season. Here, grower Al Pearson talks with Atlanta’s FOX News affiliate for a look at the season under way.

Weis Markets, based in Sunbury, PA, announced JOHN NEUBERGER as vice president of operational administration on Nov. 4.

The 2013 tree fruit production season bodes well for marketing and merchandising opportunities for Domes Superfresh Growers and its customer base. The company, located in Yakima, WA, is one of the state’s premiere grower-packer-shippers of a host of fresh fruit including apples and pears.

“Our one and one-half-pound steamer bags of sweet potatoes, packed 12 to a case, are growing exponentially in demand,” George Wooten, president of Wayne E. Bailey in Chadbourn, NC, told The Produce News.

“We actually ran out of the product from the 2012 crop that was in storage, and then when the new crop came in we jumped right back on getting them out as quickly as possible,” he said.

The item’s popularity is in part because it’s a perfect family-size bag of sweet potatoes. Another reason is that it is available under the Green Giant Fresh label.

On Nov. 9, Daryn Pittman edged out Donny Schatz for the 2013 World of Outlaws STP Sprint Car Series championship. With his 12th place finish in the season finale, he became the ninth different World of Outlaws champion in 36 years.

WASHINGTON—Two trade associations are asking FDA for a significant rewrite of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) proposals in comments submitted to FDA before the agency agreed today to give stakeholders one more week to submit them.