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Chipotle tests robot avocado prep machine

Chipotle has unveiled a new avocado processing cobotic (collaborative robot) prototype called Autocado that cuts, cores, and peels avocados before...

2 years ago 6 minute read

A new avocado variety’s chances in the market

“The world wants Hass,” a man in the avocado business once told me. Yes, it does. If the explosive growth...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Live green, die green – thanks to mushrooms 

For those committed to living a green lifestyle, now there’s an option to continue that once you’re done living.  A...

2 years ago 2 minute read

ERS study: Increased concentration in agribusiness

Agribusiness has seen an increased concentration in the number of participating businesses over the past 30 years, according to a...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Apps prevent food waste

By Richard Smoley There are apps for everything these days. Including preventing food waste. In a July 5 press release,...

2 years ago 2 minute read

ProduceIQ: Summertime sadness strikes produce markets

Produce markets repeat history with a week defined by declining prices. This week marks the beginning of the summer doldrums—a...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Chiquita launches new global marketing campaign

Fort Lauderdale, FL – July 6 2023 – Chiquita BB #:138475, the leading banana company, recently announced the launch of...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Farm labor reform act reintroduced in Congress

At this point, one can exasperatedly wonder what it will take to make the Farm Workforce Modification Act (FWMA) into...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Forever chemicals found in kale

“Forever chemicals”— it’s an expression we’re hearing more and more of these days. They are more accurately known as poly-...

2 years ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: Record heat contributes to higher market

Apparently, in response to last month’s audacity to be, on average, one of the coolest Junes in the last few...

2 years ago 5 minute read

Watching developments in GMO restrictions

Although they do not meet with universal approval, genetically modified organism (GMO) crops are a permanent part of the agricultural...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Civil ag lawsuits filed for the Week of July 3, 2023

The following table reflects agricultural-related lawsuits filed in a United States District Court over the last 30 days. A lawsuit...

2 years ago 1 minute read

Nepotism and the produce family business

In following the produce industry, I’ve always been impressed by the large number of family businesses and the commitment that...

2 years ago 3 minute read

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – June 30, 2023

Pamela and Greg talk Independence Day promotions, mergers and acquisitions, and breakthrough technology in avocados. Related Stories:

2 years ago 1 minute read

Continued challenge to new AEWR policy

The adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) is one of many features that make the H-2A guestworker program unpopular with growers....

2 years ago 3 minute read

Non-browning avocados? Sign me up.

I don’t want to get too deep in the weeds on the science, but an avocado advancement is on the...

2 years ago 3 minute read

The ins and outs of shrink

We’ve been hearing a lot about shrink and its prevention, as with Walgreen’s supposedly shrink proof store. What is shrink,...

2 years ago 3 minute read

ASOEX evaluates the impact of the rains in Central and Southern Chile

In response to heavy rains impacting both Central and Southern Chile, the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association (ASOEX) BB #:156234 said...

2 years ago 2 minute read

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