limes

USDA shows higher prices for limes, strawberries, avocados on pre-Super Bowl retail ads

USDA’s Advertised Prices for Specialty Crops Products at Major Retail Supermarket Outlets ending during the period of 2/1/2025 to 2/13/2025...

2 months ago 2 minute read

ProduceIQ: East Coast strike averted, but markets face new challenges

Good news! The ILA port strike on the East Coast is averted as union members and shippers reach a tentative...

3 months ago 4 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 Milton to cross Florida as growers stunned by Helene

Average produce prices defy the odds. The ProduceIQ index fell -3 percent over the previous week after an indisputably rough...

6 months ago 6 minute read

Lime prices spiking after tropical storm in Mexico

Markon Cooperative BB #:123315 released this lime crop update September 11, 2024: Residual rains from Tropical Storm Francine will further...

7 months ago 1 minute read

ProduceIQ: Pineapples, please don’t sue for NIL dollars

Peak Atlantic hurricane season is upon us. Oddly, the tropics are comparatively quiet now. But don’t be lulled into vulnerability....

7 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Southeast still coping with storm aftermath

Despite a relatively slow hurricane season, tropical systems continue to wreak havoc. A Category 1 Hurricane-soaked Hawaii over the weekend,...

7 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: A closing ceremony for the summer growing season

Hurricane Debby’s slow march through Northern Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas brought rainfall totals worthy of gold medals: over 15...

8 months ago 4 minute read

Farm Direct Partners add two to executive leadership

According to data from the USDA, U.S. lime imports by value have risen 69.5% since 2020, reaching nearly $860 million...

9 months ago 5 minute read

ProduceIQ: Independence Day demand and extreme weather power produce price increases

Besides disrupting sea supply chains, rains from the storm could affect the supply of commodities grown in Mexico and Guatemala....

9 months ago 4 minute read

Expect tighter lemon, lime supplies and higher prices in June

Markon Cooperative BB #:123315 released these crop updates on lemons and limes on June 4, 2024: Limes Drought conditions are...

10 months ago 2 minute read

Peruvian lime exports grow 63% in the first 3 weeks of 2024

Limes are one of the fruits that has grown the most in Peruvian exports so far this year, with a...

1 year ago 1 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

ProduceIQ: Cold weather doomsayers do not disappoint

We didn’t intend for last week’s headline to become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Let’s agree to blame El Nino, OK? Jack...

1 year ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Bezos and tomatoes head South

El Niño turned the chillers on. Now, growers across North America are scrambling to salvage the last bit of their...

1 year ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Scary high blueberry prices frighten buyers

And you thought your teenager was a bad procrastinator. Over the weekend, Congress passed a bill to extend government spending...

2 years ago 5 minute read

ProduceIQ: Prices keep rising as heat sticks around

The first day of fall may be Saturday, but summer heat isn’t ready to pass the torch yet. Meteorologists forecast...

2 years ago 5 minute read

TIPA applauds USDA’s lime price adjustments

Mission, Texas – On Friday, September 1st, 2023, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Market News began reporting Limes...

2 years ago 3 minute read
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