This week's North America Highlights

California stone fruit update

Labor-intensive crops increasingly replaced by crops that are mechanically harvestable

Up until now, the growing conditions for California stone fruit have been optimal. Spring saw a…

European requirements for organic ginger have opposite effect

Peru is a key supplier of organic ginger to the European and North American markets. However, many…

Carlos Bon with Divine Flavor

“We need to step up our game and grow better grape varieties in Sonora”

The Sonora grape season has been past its peak for about 15 days now and volumes of regular green…

Extreme temperatures may impact start of San Joaquin table grape season

The table grape industry is preparing its transition from Sonora, Mexico to the Central San Joaquin…

Luis Miguel Vegas, ProArandanos -

“Peru's blueberry industry to have a shorter peak and spread of the export volume”

New blueberry varieties and lessons from a difficult couple of years of El Niño weather patterns…

GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW LIMES

The very mixed weather patterns across Brazil, impacting the growing and harvesting of limes, has…

Envy apple supply makes transition from Washington to New Zealand

Envy™ apples' Washington harvest is nearly sold out and over the coming weeks, source supply is…

South Korea and U.S. reach agreement on Korean ginseng and Texas grapefruit exports

In a development for agricultural trade, South Korean and U.S. quarantine authorities have…

How produce pricing fares for a 4th of July barbecue

This is the last year a 10-person barbecue for the 4th of July will cost less than $100. That was…

Increasing demand for exports offers room for pistachio category to grow

The 2023/2024 California pistachio season was a record season in terms of production volume. It was…

West Coast heat wave ahead of July 4th to impact quality in some commodities

With the National Weather Service warning of an imminent heat wave with temperatures reaching above…

Snug market on import mandarins expected

The import mandarin season is now in full swing. Fruit is arriving from South Africa, Chile, Peru,…

Floods and heat take toll on East Coast vegetable production

While the West Coast heat wave continues, the East is also contending with challenging weather…

New commercial director export grapes at Vanguard Group International

Ignacio Ugarte has been named commercial director for export grapes at Vanguard Group…

“Peru’s citrus has more volume, colour and fruit than last season”

Citrus producers and exporters in Peru are relieved that this year's harvest has returned with good…