mexico

Mexican ag exports grow in early 2024

Mexico’s agricultural exports increased almost 9 percent in the first two months of 2024, helping the country register a record-high...

12 months ago 1 minute read

Mexican avocado production projected to grow 5% in 2024

Mexico’s 2024 avocado production is forecast at 2.77 million tons (MMT), reflecting a 5 percent increase over 2023, according to...

12 months ago 1 minute read

Oppy to double Mexican grape volume in 2024

NOGALES, Arizona — Leading grower, marketer and distributor Oppy BB #:116424 is set to double its Mexican grape volume for...

1 year ago 3 minute read

IFPA brings industry together at Mexico Conference

March 21, 2024 Washington D.C. – International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) {{BB #:378962} shares the first look at the newly...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Mexico continues to grow watermelon production in 2023

Mexican watermelon production registered 1.199 million tons at the end of November 2023, exceeding the annual totals for 2021 and...

1 year ago 2 minute read

Mexico produced a record volume of mangos in 2023

The annual production of Mexican mango exceeded 2.23 million tons through November 2023, breaking the record set last year, as...

1 year ago 1 minute read

Blinken, AMLO meet on immigration

“Significant,” “important” progress was made in discussions on immigration between Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and U.S. secretary...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Mexican minimum wage rises 20%

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrádor (aka AMLO) has announced another rise in the Mexican minimum wage: 20 percent, as...

1 year ago 2 minute read

USDA announces trade missions for 2024

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2023 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced next steps in the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s efforts...

1 year ago 4 minute read

Church Brothers hires procurement director

SALINAS, Calif. – November 7, 2023 – Church Brothers Farms BB #:161800 today announced that Martin Sotelo has joined the...

1 year ago 2 minute read

Tropical Storm Norma could affect West Mexico vegetables

Markon Cooperative BB #:123315 released this market update October 24, 2023: Tropical Storm Norma made landfall Monday morning near the...

1 year ago 1 minute read

Nearly all Mexican berries go to the U.S. and Canada

Juan Jose Flores, general director of the National Association of Berry Exporters (Aneberries), told El Vigia that 97 percent of...

1 year ago 1 minute read

The apparently unfair labor differential

There is a great deal of talk in the produce industry about unfair trade practices from other nations, which hit...

2 years ago 4 minute read

Mexican truckers delay strike

Mexican truckers have postponed the strike that had been planned for this morning, on the grounds that the federal government...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Mexican truckers to strike tomorrow

It’s not the first time, and it’s very unlikely to be the last. At 8 a.m. Central time on Tuesday,...

2 years ago 2 minute read

HLB citrus disease ravages Mexico

Here’s another name you can add for this hated disease: California calls it huanglongbing (HLB), Florida calls it citrus greening...

2 years ago 3 minute read

The superpeso and its implications

The Mexican peso has soared in value relative to the U.S. dollar over the past year—24 percent. On July 14,...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Avocado shipments from Mexico to the U.S. continue to grow

Mexico participates with almost half of the world’s avocado exports, reaching a record of 3.495 billion dollars in 2022, but...

2 years ago 2 minute read

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