The first press review for raw materials in agri food industry
Colombia, the world’s No. 3 coffee exporter, will not default on its export commitments despite having a shortage of arabica beans, but sees some delays in deliveries, its Agriculture Minister said on Wednesday.
A pre-hurricane-season-weather premium trickled into ICE Futures U.S. frozen concentrated orange juice Tuesday amid rallying equities, pushing futures to a six-session high. July juice settled 80 points higher at $0.9250 a pound…
Fresh citrus production for CY 2009 is estimated to decrease to 2.63 million metric tons (MT). Lemon production is forecast to increase primarily due to higher yields. Orange and tangerine production is expected to decrease as a result of drought and late frosts.
A bumper crop in 2008 and the salmonella scare stalled the market. USDA figures show U.S. peanut acreage was up 25 percent in 2008 and growers produced a record 3,416 pounds per acre average yield from 1.5 million harvested acres.
At 454,150 tons, New Zealand apple production in MY 2008 is up 3.2% over last year but less than originally forecast. The good quality of this year’s crop means that less fruit is destined for processing, down an estimated 16% from last year,…
China’s total fresh tomato production is forecast at a record 39.5 million metric tons (MMT) in marketing year 2009/10 (MY July-June), mainly attributed to growth in the tomato processing sector. China’s industry is expecting a record 7.6 MMT…
Robusta production is forecast to decrease in MY 2010 due to the uncertainty of rainfall in 2009. Continuous rain after February onwards will affect the growth of coffee cherries and can damage the young cherries.
Honduras is the second biggest producer of coffee in Central America. Production in 2007/08 reached 3.8 million 60 kg. bags. About 256,000 60 kg bags of specialty, certified, and organic coffee were produced, up 200 percent from those of 2005/06.
Colombia, the world’s largest coffee producer after Brazil, will need to import coffee to meet the domestic demand, the country’s coffee export federation announced Monday.According to Asoexport director Jorge Lozano,…
Habrá un fuerte control en fronteras para evitar ingreso de material infectado. Técnicos proponen decreto y harán un presupuesto para enfrentar la situación. Costa Rica extremó esta semana las medidas de control sobre el ingreso…
Argentina’s CY 2009 apple production is forecast to increase to 940,000 MT, and fresh pear production is expected to remain stable at 720,000 MT, primarily as a consequence of higher yields resulting from good weather conditions…
It may not look particularly appealing, but this tomato could soon be appearing in our summer salads. While most of us wouldn’t dream of consuming a tomato that wasn’t red, this one can be eaten at any colour through the ripening process,…
Vietnam’s coffee production for CY 2008/2009 is projected to increase by 7.3 percent over the previous crop year. However, coffee production for CY 2009/2010 should be about 6.8 percent lower than CY 2008/2009 due to losses…
The lack of sufficient rainfall over Kenya’s rain-fed coffee crop growing regions and the normal coffee tree off-year cycle will likely yield a MY 2010 (October-September) exportable coffee surplus of just under 850,000 bags.
Even though there were adverse weather conditions throughout parts of Mexico, the MY 2009/10 (Oct-Sept) coffee production is forecast at 4.5 million 60-kilogram bags, which is the same as last year’s preliminary production estimate.
The Venezuelan coffee sector had a dismal 2008/09, but prospects for 2009/10 are slightly better due to a good production cycle and credits available from the government coffee plan. A combination of bad economic conditions, including inflation,…