Temperatures dipped into the low 30s this morning causing widespread lettuce ice in the Arizona/California desert region. With low temperatures forecast, Markon Cooperative Inc. is projecting challenges through next week.

Orlando, FL -- After a six-month national search, Talmadge “Tal” Coley has been tapped as the next chief executive officer to lead the Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association (FNGLA).

Sage Fruit Co. will partner with Chelan Fruit beginning with the 2022 cherry season. Chelan Fruit joins the Sage Fruit family of grower-packer-shippers to enhance the marketing, sales and distribution of Washington-grown tree fruit. Through this new partnership, Sage Fruit will add considerable volume of conventional and organic apples, pears and cherries to their manifest.

The last two years have been like no other time, and one thing Sean Steller of Phillips Mushroom Farms is looking forward to in 2022 is attending his first trade show since 2020. He will be representing the company at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure expo.

NASHVILLE, TN – When the National Watermelon Association convention was last held in February 2020, COVID-19 was just starting to rear its ugly head. In fact, less than a month after the 2020 convention wrapped, the nation was faced with a mandatory shutdown to combat the rapidly spreading virus.

On March 31, Kevin Donovan is retiring from Phillips Mushroom Farms after spending the past 35 years as the sole salesman involved in selling the company’s entire production each day.