In PMA/United Merger-Mention Stirs Emotions, we heard the thoughtful voice of John McClung of the Texas Produce Association as he weighed on the subject based on his many years of experience with government relations efforts. We put all these thoughts together in Pundit’s Mailbag - Should PMA and United Merge? Next we heard commentary from Harris Cutler of Race-West Corporation and from Richard Kaiser of The Richard Kaiser Company as well as from Bob Davis of Maine Farmers Exchange. We discussed this issue in PMA/United Merger Fresh On Our Minds. You can see many of the pieces that referenced this issue here (in chronological order starting in 2006, with a few lapses in years as the topic seemed to die down and rejuvenate over time within the industry):Īfter a lull of many years, it was after the PMA convention in San Diego in the fall of 2006 that we first heard demands for a merger of PMA and United, motivated by a sense that the industry needed to present one voice on food safety issues. Here in the Pundit, we have written even more. Industry Concerns Should Trump Association Concerns In Merger TalkĬould Texas Association’s Realignment Suggest A New Direction For PMA/United Talks? Here are several columns we ran in PRODUCE BUSINESS magazine on the subject: Over the years, we’ve written hundreds of pages regarding the unusual situation of the produce industry having two national associations.
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