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Retail fresh produce sales totaled $5.4 billion in April, down 3.6% from 2020 but up 10.3% from 2019. Fresh fruit sales were up 1.5% and fresh vegetable sales were down 8.8%.

**In the U.S. Apple Association’s first storage report of the season, fresh apple holdings on December 1 totaled 118.3 million cartons, 15% above year-ago levels.

All states produce at least some pumpkins, but according to the 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture, about 62 percent of pumpkin acres were grown in only ten States.

China’s pork output fell, but less than expected in the first half of 2019 as the battle against African swine fever continues.

Founded by the Baseball Hall-of-Famer, Nolan Ryan Beef is the first to adopt a new certification program developed under the guidance of animal care expert Temple Grandin

Bayer has signaled it will not go down quietly while its signature ag product, Roundup, is on trial. The company’s Monsanto subsidiary is facing more than 11,000 Roundup lawsuits.

Although China has not imposed restrictions on Canadian pork, some Canadian pork shipments to China have been delayed by exporters using outdated forms.

In 2018, U.S. beef and poultry exporters accessed Morocco’s market under the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. Morocco opened its market to U.S. poultry in August.

The EPA will extend its dicamba registration by two years. The decision was made with input with EPA, state regulators, farmers, researchers, manufacturers, etc.

A few programs have lost their authorization and funding due to the farm bill expiration. 39 programs effected including bioenergy and agricultural research programs.