The first press review for raw materials in agri food industry
The 2009 California apricot crop forecast is 66.0 thousand tons, down 14% from the 2008 crop. Bearing acreage is estimated at 10.7 thousand acres, resulting in a yield of 6.17 tons per acre. Despite frosts and water shortages,…
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…