The latest catalog of new varieties for the 2026 selling season is now available from Ball Seed, North America’s leading horticultural distributor.

C&S Wholesale Grocers LLC completed its acquisition of SpartanNash. The combined company employs more than 30,000 team members and operates almost 60 complementary distribution centers covering the U.S. and serves close to 10,000 independent retail locations, as well as military commissaries and exchanges, with more than 200 corporate-run grocery stores.

With more than 80 years of experience under its belt, a strong connection with its suppliers, and a diverse list of customers, Maurice A. Auerbach, a wholesaler/importer in Secaucus, NJ, has the ability to withstand the mounting challenges of the produce industry.  The U.S. tariffs on many perishable imports is just the latest hurdle that is being jumped.

The Fresh Mushrooms Fair Trade Coalition, representing leading U.S. growers and packers of fresh Agaricus mushrooms and represented by the law firm of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, announced the filing of an antidumping and countervailing duty petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission. The petition seeks relief from unfairly traded imports of fresh mushrooms from Canada that are causing material injury to the domestic industry.

Sun World International and Pairwise formed a joint venture to collaborate in specialty fruit, beginning with the development of a pitless cherry. Sun World will have exclusive commercial rights to these genetics as they seek a first-to-market position in high-quality pitless cherries. The partnership leverages Sun World’s fruit breeding and licensing expertise with Pairwise’s Fulcrum platform. As part of the agreement, Sun World will make strategic investments to fund development. 

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