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USDA PACA updates

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions include suspending the businesses’ PACA licenses and barring the principal operators of the businesses from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA. The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry:

Regular unleaded gasoline prices in Rio Arriba County were averaging $4.14 per gallon on Tuesday — just a nickel lower than the state average of $4.19, which is New Mexico’s