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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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