The first press review for raw materials in agri food industry
Las alhóndigas de PROEXPORT colaborarán para eliminar 7 millones de kilos de pimiento rojo que hasta ahora se subastaban por debajo del coste de producción. El sector del pimiento de invernadero está atravesando la peor crisis…
Ayer lunes se celebro en El Mirador –San Javier una multitudinaria asamblea de agricultores en la que se debatió acerca de la crisis que esta viviendo el sector del pimiento de invernadero, que esta sufriendo la mayor caída de precios…
The softer U.S. dollar allowed ICE Futures U.S. arabica coffee to consolidate higher Monday as commodities eased from the pressure in the last session. July arabica coffee settled up 105 points at $1.2240 a pound…
According to industry sources, the higher cost of resulted in lower input use by producers, negatively. Also, Costa Rican coffee plantations are getting Institute (ICAFE), 40% of the plantations are over trying to obtain financing…
World coffee production for 2009/10 is forecast at 127.4 million (60 kg) bags, down 7.3 million, or 5 percent, from last year’s record harvest of 134.8 million bags, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Friday.
ICE frozen concentrated orange juice futures closed modestly lower, near mid-range and hit a fresh 10-week low Tuesday. The FCOJ market has seen serious long-liquidation pressure and prices are “depressed,”…
The latest estimate of Florida’s orange crop rose by 2 million boxes since the May projection, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The June estimate is 159.6 million boxes for the 2008-09 crop.
Low returns for growers in the Spanish region have led to a call for greater aid, amid fears that some production could be abandoned. One of Murcia’s leading fresh produce associations has blamed “derisory returns” for what it describes…
The rallying U.S. dollar slammed ICE Futures U.S. arabica coffee futures to six-week lows Monday as broad-based liquidation dominated trading. July arabica coffee settled down 820 points at $1.2135 a pound…
The impact of the shortfall in Colombian production continues to influence the market and coffee prices rose sharply during May 2009, with the monthly average of the ICO composite indicator price at 123.05 US cents per lb…
ICE frozen concentrated orange juice futures closed solidly lower Monday, nearer the session low and also hit a fresh two-month low. Bearish key “outside markets” pushed FCOJ prices lower. The value of theU.S. dollar was stronger,
The University of Georgia Agriculture Extension Service agents say colder-than-normal weather decimated high-bush blueberries early in the season and heavy rains over the past several weeks have ruined much of the rabbit-eye berries now in the field.
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.