Agriculture
2025 Fruit + Vegetable 40 Under Forty award winners
Vegetable Growers News and Fruit Growers News recognized the hard work of the Fruit + Vegetable 40 Under Forty Award Class of 2025 during a reception Dec. 9 at the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable &... more »
Ag Labor Review: Finish the job on H-2A
Over the last few months, the Trump administration — particularly through the Department of Labor’s recent H-2A rulemaking — has elevated the importance of the H-2A visa program for our nation’s farmers and food supply.... more »
Specialty crop groups join coalition to preserve USMCA, strengthen ag trade
Forty farm and agricultural groups — including USApple, the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA), the Northwest Horticulture Council, the FreshProduce Association of the Americas and USAPulses — recently launched the Agricultural Coalition for the United-States-Mexico-Canada... more »
Winter blast prompts Florida officials to push for USDA disaster assistance
The ongoing winter blast hitting the southeast has prompted Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson to request a disaster declaration and assistance for specialty crop growers throughout the state. Simpson wrote a letter to USDA... more »
New on-demand webinar explores labor challenges and opportunities for growers
Labor challenges continue to create uncertainty for specialty crop operations, and rules are changing fast. A new on-demand labor roundtable webinar from Vegetable Growers News sister publication Greenhouse Product News brings together leading experts to... more »
Farm labor outlook improves as H-2A wage rules stabilize, attorney says
There’s a pair of ag labor wins that farm employers can feel good about heading into 2026. That’s according to attorney Chris Schulte with the Fisher Phillips law firm. Schulte told attendees at the Southeast... more »
Specialty crop leaders sound alarm on $100B farm losses, seek $5B in support
A large contingent of specialty crop organizations — including the U.S. Apple Association, International Fresh Produce Association, Georgia and Florida Fruit and Vegetable Associations, Organic Trade Association and the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance —... more »
North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission elects 2026 officers, honors Dr. Craig Yencho
The North Carolina Sweetpotato Commission (NCSC) elected a new slate of officers during its Annual Meeting held in Goldsboro and recognized outstanding contributions to the state’s sweet potato industry, according to a press release. A... more »
Farm labor advocacy groups WAFLA, Washington Growers League unite
The Worker and Farmer Labor Association (WAFLA) and the Washington Growers League (WGL) are merging together under the WAFLA name to “better serve labor-intensive farms across Washington and the Pacific Northwest” according to a joint... more »
Agritourism to value-added: 5 takeaways from the 2026 Southeast Fruit and Vegetable Conference
Growers, extension agents, researchers and allied industry professionals from across the southeast descended upon the historic Georgia river town of Savannah in early January for the 2026 Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference. Conference organizers... more »
