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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...

4 years ago 5 minute read

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,...

4 years ago 2 minute read

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...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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...

4 years ago 1 minute read

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...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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...

4 years ago 3 minute read

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...

4 years ago 1 minute read

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...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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....

4 years ago 4 minute read

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,...

4 years ago 3 minute read

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...

4 years ago 3 minute read

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:...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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...

4 years ago 4 minute read

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