analysis

A glimpse of fertilizer costs in Florida citrus

Among the disruptions caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been those in the fertilizer industry, since both nations are...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Fruit Logistica: Time for a supply chain re-think?

In early April, the Fruit Logistica event was held in Berlin after missing a year due to COVID and had...

3 years ago 4 minute read

A dive into the food swamp

A study at the University of Minnesota is looking at a disadvantaged section of north Minneapolis to see why fast-food...

3 years ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Prices tested as spring crops begin

A massive heatwave in California and record-breaking spring snowstorms in the Northeast are fighting to spoil our Sunday afternoon naps....

3 years ago 6 minute read

GRAPHIC: A look at rising demand for asparagus

Asparagus volume in the U.S. rose 25 percent from 2020 to 2021, with nearly two-thirds coming from Mexico and almost...

3 years ago 1 minute read

Farewell, Garlic Festival

It must have been July 1983, or maybe ‘84. I went down to California’s Gilroy Garlic Festival with a friend...

3 years ago 3 minute read

How to encourage a produce habit

American consumers are not in the habit of eating many fruits and vegetables. That has to change. “Most people don’t...

3 years ago 2 minute read

A glimpse at grocery wages suggests room for increases

I find it disgustingly vulgar when business news run stories about the latest gargantuan CEO salary. But that’s just me....

3 years ago 3 minute read

Trucking industry: a possible repeat of 2019?

No one has ever described my profession—that of writer and editor—as lucrative, but it is relatively immune to severe shocks...

3 years ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: Market in havoc after border inspections

A calamitous week in fresh produce as the industry faces new supply chain challenges. Border restrictions in Texas, a fire...

3 years ago 5 minute read

Testing complete on robot strawberry harvester

The figure 25 percent surfaces in a couple of different but intimately related contexts. As I noted in a column...

3 years ago 2 minute read

The motive behind U.S. farm policy: inertia

For years it has been my custom to read The Economist regularly. I was particularly struck by an article in...

3 years ago 4 minute read

U.S.-Mexico potato dispute met with reserved optimism

To the usually harmonious trade relations among the nations of North America, potatoes have proved an unhappy exception. The U.S....

3 years ago 3 minute read

Russia-Ukraine war has effect on produce around the globe

We have all been appalled, and at times, distressed by watching events unfold in the Ukraine. The current situation between...

3 years ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: Easter demand encourages high market prices

Due to supply chain disruptions at the port of good fun, the Easter Bunny is running a bit behind schedule...

3 years ago 5 minute read

‘Bombshell investigation’: FDA incompetence

So this happened over the weekend. Politico, a news agency covering Washington’s Capitol Hill, released a “bombshell investigation” of what...

3 years ago 4 minute read

The six pillars of Divine Flavor

Unlike some of my colleagues, I’m not at the annual meeting of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) BB #:153602...

3 years ago 3 minute read

E-grocery may have hit a max

Has e-grocery reached its max? This question occurs as one looks over the results of a recent survey by Brick...

3 years ago 3 minute read

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