bell peppers

ProduceIQ: Growers struggle with the cost of growing

Ask any vegetable grower, “How do you make a small fortune in farming?” In times like these, the answer is,...

2 weeks ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: Berry good deals to start 2025

It’s that time of the year again. If you are one of the lucky ones on holiday vacation, you may...

3 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Hurricane Helene wreaks havoc

A week of biblical proportions. The death toll from Hurricane Helene continues to climb as growers in North Florida, Georgia,...

6 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Market drops in the dog days of summer

There is no denying that we are in the throes of the dog days of summer. As we begin this...

9 months ago 5 minute read

ProduceIQ: Cucumbers hit record high prices

From kayaking in one of the driest places on earth, Death Valley National Park, to 70-degree highs in places like...

1 year ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Strong demand keeps produce price index up 14%

Congratulations to Greg Johnson and the Kansas City Chiefs for another historic win. We know you couldn’t have done it...

1 year ago 4 minute read

Bell pepper supplies scarce with weather disruptions

Markon Cooperative BB #:123315 released this bell pepper crop update December 22, 2023: Red bell pepper supplies are extremely scarce;...

1 year ago 1 minute read

ProduceIQ: What’s always been won’t always be

The financial expression, “past performance is no guarantee of future results,” holds true for fresh produce markets. The ProduceIQ Index...

2 years ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Eastern produce markets transition to Georgia

Big news this week. Green beans are extremely tight on both coasts, and prices are being pushed to a ten-year...

2 years ago 5 minute read

ProduceIQ: Record breaking rains in California strain supply

Breaking news: For the first time in what feels like years, California has a critical shortage of umbrellas. As if...

2 years ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Prices ease despite weather trouble

SEPC’s Southern Exposure boomed once again. The days of COVID shutdown are seemingly a distant memory as several thousand movers...

2 years ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Florida cold snap reduces supply

This year, the World Economic Forum borrowed the produce industry’s slogan, “cooperation in a fragmented world,” as their theme for...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Pure Flavor acquires DeTemporada Farms

Leamington, ON – With tremendous year over year growth fueling significant plans for expansion, greenhouse fruit & vegetable company Pure...

2 years ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: Violence disrupts Mexican produce exports

Maybe we should have read the terms and conditions before signing up for 2023? Heavy rain, drug cartel violence in...

2 years ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Another winter storm stresses markets

Cool weather tightens domestic supply and ups overall produce prices. For the second week in a row, a winter storm...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Fresh Farms: bell pepper and corn season update

Fresh Farms BB #:194140 – Volumes remain light due to earlier weather in both the Florida & Mexico growing regions...

2 years ago 1 minute read

Colombian bell peppers make U.S. arrival

After five years of negotiations, Colombia —named by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as one of the...

3 years ago 6 minute read

Fresh Farms expands green bell peppers to year-round

We at Fresh Farms BB #:194140 continue to take steps to service our customer base in North America on a...

3 years ago 2 minute read
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