Fruit/Vegetable

North Dakota Wheat Growers Reaping a Golden Harvest

Grand Forks Herald (N.Dak.)
August 22, 2008 - The standard test weight for spring wheat is 60 pounds per bushel; this year, bushels are coming in at an average of 65 pounds....
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Wet Summer Boosts Maine's Wild Blueberry Crop

Bangor Daily News (Maine)
August 22, 2008 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture annual wild blueberry forecast pegged the crop at 75 million pounds, well above the five-year average of 67.7 million pounds....
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BASF to Pay Farmers for Fraudulent Herbicide Marketing

Business Wire
August 21, 2008 - Gallons of BASF's Poast herbicide purchased by individual claimants during 1992-96 were found to have been been sold at different prices for different crops....
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Potato Harvest Future Brightens With Less Rain

Bangor Daily News (Maine)
August 21, 2008 - Maine potato experts are hopeful that a recent spate of warmer dry weather will continue long enough to quell any fears that late blight will ruin this year's crop....
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Calif. Harvests Projected to Be Average Despite Spring Freeze

The Sacramento Bee (Calif.)
August 21, 2008 - Yields of almonds, walnuts, rice, processing tomatoes and wine grapes should not be down this year....
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Onion Association, Pallet Pooler Team Up

Business Wire
August 20, 2008 - The National Onion Association is partnering with CHEP, the global leader in pallet and container pooling solutions, to bolster funds for retail, consumer and foodservice promotional and educational activities....
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Old Grist Mills Making a Comeback in South

The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, S.C.)
August 20, 2008 - Stone ground grits are back in fashion, as folks yearn for healthier alternatives of favorite foods....
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U.S. Peanut Crop Coming in Ahead of Schedule

United Press International
August 19, 2008 - According to the USDA, 98 percent of the crop is now at the pegging stage, compared with a 97 percent average at this time of year....
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Questions Linger as Salmonella Cases Get Fewer

Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.)
August 18, 2008 - The FDA is focusing its probe on some farms in Mexico where a handful of jalapeno and serrano peppers, and some irrigation water, tainted with the outbreak strain of salmonella were traced....
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San Diego Olive Grower Says Business Is Sweet

North County Times (San Diego, Calif.)
August 15, 2008 - Thom and Nancy Curry, who own boutique olive oil shops in Temecula and San Diego, have been expanding their groves at a rate of about a dozen acres a year....
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