produce blueprints

Despite the positives, there are still hiccups at the Mariposa Port in Nogales, AZ. Click here to see a live...

While most in Nogales, AZ, agree the functioning of the Mariposa Port has improved greatly since it was revamped, there...

As anyone in the perishables business knows, the facets of food safety are vast and varied—and so too are the...

The flow of produce from Mexico to Nogales, AZ, goes back decades and continues strong today—albeit with a few challenges....

It’s hard to imagine the impact on the U.S. produce industry of a region with a population of just 45,000...

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), enacted in 2011, was the most extensive reform of food safety laws in the...

Although the U.S. market deals in multiple avocado varieties, the overwhelming consumer favorite remains the Hass avocado at 95 percent...

As the avocado market in the United States continues to expand, there are also terminal market prices for organic avocados,...

For the 2017-18 season, production from the nation’s top citrus producers collectively supplied 6.1 million tons of citrus, made up...

When comparing U.S. prices with international markets for 2015, Birmingham in the United Kingdom had a higher price than the...

In recent years, imports of citrus have surged, and the gap between imports and exports has widened. The U.S. trade...

For U.S. terminal market avocado prices, high prices tend to be in September and October with low prices in January...

Mandarins were certainly on the menu in homes across the United States, but also finding their way into school lunch...

Avocado prices have been on the rise with average terminal market annual prices for 2015 at $2.72 per kilogram, 2016...

With available navel acreage hovering around 118,000 acres but still leading the way in California, mandarin acreage, rising 10 percent...

Two avocado suppliers having an interesting impact on the global and U.S. avocado market are Peru and Chile. Since signing...

In California, lemons formed part of an ongoing economic success story there as well. The fruit, gaining in popularity in...

In 2017, Mexican avocado production reached 753,589 metric tons, though this was down by 6 percent from the previous year...