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Average produce prices defy the odds. The ProduceIQ index fell -3 percent over the previous week after an indisputably rough...

A week of biblical proportions. The death toll from Hurricane Helene continues to climb as growers in North Florida, Georgia,...

Grab your sweaters and ditch the iced coffee. Fall has arrived! While summer weather lingers in the Southeast, a refreshing...

The ProduceIQ Index continues its upward climb to a record $1.35/lb for week #37. This price is 11 percent higher...

The tropics are heating up, with a strong likelihood that PTC 6 will develop into a tropical storm or hurricane...

Peak Atlantic hurricane season is upon us. Oddly, the tropics are comparatively quiet now. But don’t be lulled into vulnerability....

Despite a relatively slow hurricane season, tropical systems continue to wreak havoc. A Category 1 Hurricane-soaked Hawaii over the weekend,...

As the summer season begins to wind down, the produce market reflects the changing weather and the evolving demands of...

Hurricane Debby’s slow march through Northern Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas brought rainfall totals worthy of gold medals: over 15...

Hurricane Debby made landfall early Monday morning as a Category 1 storm. The storm brought 6-10 feet of storm surge,...

In the Produce Olympics, the ProduceIQ Index has finally dipped below average for the first time in seven weeks, marking...

In case you, like me, were hiking in the mountains without cell service… Over the weekend, President Biden dropped out...

There is no denying that we are in the throes of the dog days of summer. As we begin this...

In this week’s edition of “What in the Weather,” a hurricane aims at Houston, and the heat dome takes a...

Besides disrupting sea supply chains, rains from the storm could affect the supply of commodities grown in Mexico and Guatemala....

Tropical storm Alberto brought heavy rainfall from Mexico to Texas last week. Some areas of Texas saw almost 10 inches...

The headline would ask, “Is cheap produce gone forever?” but then I’d have nothing to say about eggplant.  An industry...

The Southwestern US and California are experiencing record temperatures due to a heat wave from Mexico. Last week, temperatures in...