One of the leading growers, packers and exporters of mangoes from Ecuador, Durexporta S.A. is set to increase their supply with 20% to their key markets the US and Canada this season by exporting up to 5 million boxes.
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, president of Mexico, is demanding US beer producers move to the South and Southeast to preserve the country’s water resources.
Around this time, Okanagan producers should be selling this year’s peach harvest. However, with the colder spring weather, producers have lost the majority, if not all, of their crops.
Now that the so-called "Dog Days" of Summer, the time when the year's hottest weather is expected, have passed, grocers are working hard to provide shoppers with all the basics plus a variety of extras to drive up store traffic.
Seasonal changes have led to a shift in the commodities of interest for this report. Blueberries have replaced asparagus, as the number of growing areas shipping blueberries continues to grow while demand for asparagus is traditionally light in late summe
Wisconsin yellow potato harvest is underway at Alsum Farms in Arena, Wis. with the first potato loads being washed, graded and packed for fresh market delivery to distribution centers and retail grocers the first full week of August.
Hazel Technologies, Inc. celebrates its third year of collaboration with Miami, FL-based exotic fruit grower/packer/distributor, Freshway Produce, Inc.