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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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
ProduceIQ: Peaches spared as La Niña brings drought to SW
Grape volume falters slightly in the Coachella Valley. In response, prices hurdled upwards, +44 percent. In the summer months, the...
ProduceIQ: Cherry season coronated with royal prices
Don’t be alarmed. The inclusion of the seasonal cherry harvest explains virtually all the $0.22 increase to the overall industry...
ProduceIQ: Markets to the moon (and back)
Which is more volatile: fresh produce markets or the latest “hustle” cryptocurrency? Rising or falling 30 percent is just another...
ProduceIQ: Prices leap to record highs as transitional gap widens
Although overall markets are down this week vs. last, prices hit record highs, $1.10/pound. The previous record, established in 2016,...
ProduceIQ: Markets bound on a faint breeze
Prices are exceptionally sensitive this year. With slightly less-than-ideal weather conditions, sellers have been able to double (and triple) prices....
ProduceIQ: Blueberries blissful at peak, pending the inevitable decline
While optimists celebrated the return to normal during the virtual CPMA Fresh Week, pessimists braced for the dreaded “third wave”...
ProduceIQ: Once again, Avocados fly close to the sun
The swing of Spring is well underway and much of the fresh produce industry is transitioning to new harvesting regions....
ProduceIQ: Supply shortages drive prices higher
Prices are on the upswing, climbing another 7 percent on an industry-wide basis. Momentum continues to build as temperatures rise...
ProduceIQ: Growers succeed in lifting prices
Blueberries are this week’s winner, helping the ProduceIQ Index jump to the highest prices for a week #11. Overall, markets...
ProduceIQ: The coming of Spring thaws frozen demand
Following the cold, long days of winter, the coming of spring invites optimism for increased demand in fresh produce. Week...
ProduceIQ: Growers struggle to push prices higher into break-even levels
Despite valiant surges by bell pepper and cauliflower, the produce industry needs an increase in demand to drive up struggling...
ProduceIQ launches private online trading platform for fresh produce
March 4, 2021 – Today, fresh produce can ‘trade smarter’ through the release of the industry’s most sophisticated online marketplace....
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