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ProduceIQ: Winter’s grip tightens on prices in Week 5

This weekend, farmers scrambled to cover crops, fly helicopters, and run sprinklers to help reduce the damage to various Florida...

9 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Fern’s freeze leaves markets on thin ice

As for Winter Storm Fern’s direct impacts on crops in the ground, we won’t know the breadth of the damage...

9 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: January shivers, cherries deliver

Many commodities are trading at relatively low levels to start the year, even as tomatoes, peppers, and avocados edge higher...

10 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Markets pay a premium for flexibility

The calendar may have flipped to a new year, but fresh produce markets are carrying some familiar baggage into Week...

10 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Rain brings relief to reservoirs, stress to produce markets

The pattern of Western moisture continues, as historic rainfall has shattered records and pulled California out of drought.

10 months ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: Markets end volatile 2025 on calmer footing

If 2025 taught buyers anything, it’s this: no commodity is as perishable as abundance, according to ProduceIQ.

10 months ago 5 minute read

ProduceIQ: Markets stock gifts, coal and a few surprises

Despite the holiday pull, the ProduceIQ Index refuses to play Santa. Average prices slipped another -5 percent week over week.

10 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Markets cool as holiday supply takes shape

Week #50 index prices are down 10 percent over the previous week as production of heavily weighted commodities ramped up.

11 months ago 4 minute read

Produce IQ: Grape prices jump as produce markets split in Week #49

For the approaching holidays, most of the picture is coming into focus, but there’s still plenty of unpredictability.

11 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Leftovers fade, but high produce prices linger

Instead of the usual sharp dropoff, many commodities are still wrestling with stubborn weather rather than fading demand.

11 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ Index climbs ahead of Thanksgiving week

Strong Thanksgiving pull and weather woes push average produce prices up +11% over the previous week and well above average...

11 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Weather carves into holiday produce supply as prices climb

Strawberry prices continue their historic run. Average prices are up 15 percent over the previous week due to extremely tight...

12 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Shutdown nears end, but produce markets face new chill

While progress in the Senate may finally be thawing, growing regions across the Southeast are freezing up with a cold...

12 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Fresh produce prices cool as supply improves, SNAP cuts loom

This year’s Thanksgiving demand could be tempered by the recent expiration of SNAP benefits and the uncertainty of the government...

12 months ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: October’s final frights

Lettuce and leaf markets are elevated due to anemic supply. Week #43 romaine prices surpass 2022’s record prices, hitting a...

1 year ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Produce markets sing in the rain

If it’s growing in the West this week, it’s probably wet, and expensive, as persistent storms across California and Mexico...

1 year ago 4 minute read

Prices surge as storms batter growers in the West

Weather continues to play an outsized role in pricing and availability for several vegetable crops in the West.

1 year ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Double whammy — government shutdown and Salinas weather woes

The federal government shutdown isn’t doing the fresh produce industry any favors. Meanwhile, the Salinas Valley is feeling the weather...

1 year ago 3 minute read

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