Articles by brian@columbiamediagroup.com

RPE Markets Agri-Pack Onions

RPE is now the exclusive marketer of Agri-Pack’s onion and potato crops. RPE is a year-round grower-shipper of onions and potatoes based in Bancroft, Wisconsin. Agri-Pack, a Pasco, Washington-based grower-packer-distributor…

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Bayer Closes Monsanto Deal

Bayer became the sole share holder of Monsanto yesterday, June 7th. According to the conditional approval from the United States Department of Justice, the integration of Monsanto into Bayer can…

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Experts Update Utah Growers

Story by Mike Pace, Utah State University Extension Agent Photos by Dave Alexander, Publisher   From the Food Safety Modernization Act to drip irrigation, and from controlling spray drift in…

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Ag Industry Receives Additional ELD Waiver

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted an additional 90-day waiver from the electronic logging device (ELD) rule for agriculture-related transportation. During this time, the…

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Fox Packaging Opens New Facility

Fox Packaging opened a new printing facility in McAllen, Texas, in March. With the new 32,000-square-foot facility’s increased space and state-of-the-art printing and conversion equipment, the company expects to increase…

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