The first press review for raw materials in agri food industry
U.S. citrus utilized production for the 2007-08 season is 13.0 million tons, up 24 percent from the 2006-07 season but 27 percent lower than the record high production of 17.8 million tons for the 1997-98 season. Florida accounted for 70 percent the total.
Tropicana Products is planning to launch Trop50, a new orange juice with 50% less sugar and calories, and no artificial sweeteners. According to the company, the new product is naturally sweetened from the stevia plant and…
The Food and Drug Administration says pistachios are one snack to avoid! The warning comes after central California-based Setton Pistachio, the nation’s second-largest pistachio processor, voluntarily recalled more than two million pounds of its roasted nuts shipped since last fall.
Peanuts have helped produce profits for many Texas growers. But even without the horrific salmonella scare that recently roasted the industry, the glut of goobers grown in the Southeast last year means loan-level prices may be the best farmers expect for 2009.
The full bloom dates as reported by CCPA’s fieldstaff were March 16 for the Yuba/Sutter area (6 days later than last year), March 17 in the Modesto area (6 days later than last year), and March 3 for the Kingsburg area (5 days earlier than last year).
Pressure from falling equities and commodities prices and the firm U.S. dollar slammed ICE Futures U.S. arabica coffee futures toeight-session lows Monday. May arabica coffee futures settled down 285 points at $1.1300 a pound…
Coffee exporters in Ethiopia, Africa’s biggest producer, are stockpiling beans in anticipation of a further devaluation of the national currency, the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange said.The stockpiling has contributed to a decline in export revenue…
Coffee production in El Salvador’s 2008-09 harvest to March 1 was down 9.4% to reach 1,418,333 60-kilogram bags, the Salvadoran Coffee Council said Thursday. This compares to total registered production of 1,565,533 bags from the beginning…
Viet Nam, the world’s second-biggest grower of coffee, may produce less than 16 million bags in the 2009-10 year because of premature flowering, according to the Viet Nam Coffee and Cocoa Association. The trees have started forming fruit in some plantations because of early flowering…
Three mango juice processing plants will be set up at the Coast to save farmers in the region from making losses. Agriculture minister William Ruto at the weekend said thousands of tonnes of mangoes were rotting at the only privately owned mango juice factory in Mtwapa.