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ProduceIQ: Markets uncertain as Elsa foreshadows busy hurricane season
Market direction is uncertain. Will demand exceed supply when both are falling? The market weighs the decline in demand against...
The forgotten second-most important asset
Cash is king. Long live the king. This is the cry, shouted from the rooftops, by business owners and CFOs,...
Category Partners: Independence Day sales bump should return
July 4th sales in produce departments of retail grocery show some significant sales shifts. The extent to which the growth...
GRAPHIC: Bell pepper volume continues to rise
The following graphic was produced by Agtools Inc. BB #:355102 to show that the first six months of 2021 have...
Produce packaging: A bag of contradictions
Produce packaging presents some major contradictions these days. Industry experts agree that the present drive toward sustainability will continue. Steve...
ProduceIQ: Prices for July 4th rise with the temps
Air-conditioned grocery stores won’t save Americans from price heat on this Independence Day. Prices are up +7.9 percent over the...
ProduceIQ: Heat wave leaves industry parched
While decreases across categories dragged the overall index slightly down, anxiety over Western heat and forecasted precipitation is causing prices...
Springworks offers local, decentralized lettuce option
Springworks of Lisbon, Maine, the state’s first and largest commercial aquaponics greenhouse operation, opened an additional 40,000 feet of space...
High inflation doesn’t deliver higher returns to growers
Consumers are seeing inflation from many industries including food. U.S. government figures show that wholesale food prices surged 2.6 percent...
ProduceIQ: Industry prices struggle as berries lead decline
Overall market prices sink lower again. Berries and stone fruit continue to slide during a time of year notorious for...
Nutritional psychiatry boosts fresh produce
One new trend: nutritional psychiatry. Because, guess what? Your diet affects your mood and your mental health, we learn from...
How to build a socially responsible business
To determine how to build a socially responsible business, we first need to determine what a “socially responsible business” is....
Billions in mystery from USDA
Last week USDA said it plans to invest $1 billion to support and build up the country’s food bank network,...
Back to work: Watch your messages
Hey, gang! Fun’s over! Time to get back to work! It is in questionable taste at best to refer to...
ProduceIQ: Prices whiplash as Georgia volume knocks
After only a moment of record high prices, markets begin descending. The overall industry’s price decline has two major drivers:...
U.S. exporters have a new opportunity in the UK – if they want it
At the start of the year, the United Kingdom finally reached an agreement with the rest of the European Union...
How to slice a mango
Evidently in the Philippines, there is a saying that a girl is not ready for marriage until she knows how...
ProduceIQ: Prices soar for Memorial Day
Memorial Day pull sends prices skyward. The industry is looking at the highest week #21 prices of all time. Shaped...
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