While some areas of Prince Edward Island, Canada, suffered considerable potato shortages due to weather conditions this year, others fared well. The quality of the harvested spuds, however, is good. Linkletter Farms in Summerside, PEI, is among those firms seeing considerable losses to their crops.

Mark MacEwen, a partner-owner of Linkletter Farms, told The Produce News that the company’s crop is 15-25 percent down.

Jerry Wright, who was one of the individuals instrumental in the founding of the United Potato Growers of Idaho, a Capper-Volstead cooperative, and shortly thereafter the United Potato Growers of America with affiliate organizations in several states, and who served as chief executive officer of UPGA from 2005 to 2006, has now returned to head that organization again as its president and CEO.

Tomatoes growing in a protected environment in Mexico.

NOGALES, AZ -- Anything can happen when it comes to weather, as anyone in the produce i

After detecting Salmonella during random tests, Rio Queen Citrus sparked a recall of its grape tomatoes, and announced plans “for the foreseeable future” to hold all tomato shipments until the company has microbiological test results in hand, Mike Martin, president of Rio Queen Citrus, told The Produce News Dec. 2.

Front Row Produce notified its customers of the recalled 10-ounce pint and 10-pound bulk grape tomatoes distributed throughout Missouri and Illinois to foodservice distributors and retail stores.

WASHINGTON -- After hearing news the World Trade Organization ruled against the U.S. country-of-origin labeling program in a trade dispute, the supermarket industry said that Congress should revisit it and perhaps repeal it because it is costing the industry millions of dollars and providing little benefit to consumers.