With the 2009 tomato season from California’s Central Valley just getting underway, the multi-million-dollar question is how many tomatoes will be produced this year. “We’d love to know what is going on in the Central Valley,” …

Coffee production for 2009/10 is forecast at 127.4 million bags (60 kilograms or 132.276 pounds), down 7.3 million from last year’s record harvest of 134.8 million bags. The decline is attributed to Brazil’s 8 million bag drop as it enters the off-cycle…

ICE Futures U.S. arabica coffee closed lower Friday largely in reaction to strength in the U.S. dollar. “That’s pretty much exclusively a dollar play right now,” said Jack Scoville, vice president of Price Futures Group.

A sudden surge in Colombian coffee prices is sending coffee roasters scrambling for replacement supplies and Colombia could lose sales in the long term, industry sources in Europe and the United States say.

Frozen concentrated orange juice futures slid Friday in reaction to weather conditions that are favorable for Florida citrus areas, as well as chart-based considerations. July juice settled 210 points lower at 82.50 cents a pound….

One of Australia’s largest orange juice processors is back on deck, just in time for the busy navel season. The Mildura Fruit Juices processing factory was partially burnt down in January, and has now returned to full production.

The pistachio industry’s federal marketing order is expanding to embrace growers in Arizona and New Mexico. California is still the big dog on the block with more than 177,000 acres of pistachios, but the addition of 2,200 to 2,400 acres in Arizona…

The case arose after two banks lent 22.8m euros ($40.4m; £24.5m) to a Turkish firm that was the world’s biggest hazelnut supplier at the time. The firm, Baskan Gida, used the money to buy hazelnuts, but then transferred…

Los agricultores del campo de Cartagena están valorando la posibilidad de dejar sin recoger más de la mitad de la producción de pimiento de este año a consecuencia de los bajos precios, indicó a EFE el presidente de la organización agraria COAG…

Avec 30,7 millions de sacs exportés sur les 12 derniers mois (juin 08-mai 09), le Brésil envoie un message qu’il convient de décoder. Les cours sur le marché de NewYork ont affiché pendant plusieurs semaines une fermeté inattendue,…

Vietnamese coffee giant Trung Nguyen Corporation has started construction works on a new instant coffee plant in Dak Lak Province, and claims that the new facility will be the largest coffee plant in Vietnam.

ICE Futures U.S. frozen concentrated orange juice dipped Thursday in response to reduced worries about weather hurting Florida groves for the foreseeable future, at least. July FCOJ settled 45 points softer at 84.60 cents,…

Esto debido a la intensa sequía se ha venido presentando en el estado, así lo dio a conocer el ex dirigente de la Unión Regional de Citricultores de la Zona Centro del Estado, Luís Lauro Carrillo Soto.

With these words the citrus grower Daniel Lucci referred to the current export season for citrus. The oversupply of fruit in Europe and the fall in demand have had a big affect. The export was reduced to between 30% and 40% of the volume shipped last year.

Tomato production has remained relatively stable over the last few years. However, it is reasonable to expect that Italy may experience a dip in production when the full impact of the CAP reform is felt, likely to be in 2012.

Honduras could export up to 3.53 million 60-kg bags of coffee in the 2009/10 cycle, 9.6 percent more than the year-ago period as growers invest in farms, the national coffee institute said on Tuesday.