IPG NEWS
IPG looks to keep its customers, suppliers, and partners world-wide, all connected and in touch through its new IPG News Reports. This news source will highlight the most significant, relevant and day-day international trade and produce news stories.
We feel it’s very important to not only have a great understanding for our current market and country, but to maintain a worldly viewpoint and full understanding of all other markets and their effects on the fresh produce export/import industry. Please stay connected and informed through our news channel.
Strawberry crop volume picks up
June 24, 2019
Rainy weather kept a damper on California’s strawberry volume throughout the winter and late spring, but grower-shippers said shipments were rebounding as summer approached. California’s growers had shipped about 73.5 million trays of strawberries as of early June, down from 82.3 million trays picked a year earlier, according to the Watsonville-based California Strawberry Commission. Acreage was down, too. Growers planted 25,704 acres of strawberries for winter, spring and summer production this year, down 6.3% from last year’s 27,426 acres. But the commission said…
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Overview Global Melon and Watermelon Market
June 21, 2019
The European summer has had a false start. The weather in May and June has generally been gray, and if there is one product that suffers from gray, rainy summers, it is the watermelons. Compared to last year, conditions are tough in the watermelon market. The production on the European market currently comes from the Spanish region of Almería. There is also production from Morocco and Italy. Greece is slowly starting up, as is the Spanish region of Murcia. China…
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Avocado market on fire as California nears end
June 20, 2019
California’s smallest crop in a decade may be finished by August, and prices should stay strong as Mexican product fails to arrive in high volumes. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service reports prices of $70-80 per carton of most sizes, while Mexican crossings are even higher at $78-85 per carton. Tom Bellamore, president of the California Avocado Commission, said considering the crop is small, this season has been as good as one would hope. “We’re pleased with the market and movement,” he…
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Tufts University Study – “Eat more leafy greens to maintain mobility at older age”
June 19, 2019
Researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University suggest that low levels of circulating vitamin K are linked to increased risk of mobility limitation and disability in older adults. This means they are identifying a new factor to consider for maintaining mobility and independence in older age. The study, published recently in the Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, evaluates the association between biomarkers of vitamin K status and the onset of mobility limitation and…
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Production of Berries in Mexico – A Growing Market
June 19, 2019
Berries are the fifth largest agricultural product in Mexico, and thanks to the quality and traits they present, they have become one of the most important products for worldwide exports. With close to 62,000 acres sown, the country has many different varieties, including cranberry, strawberry, raspberry and blackberry, the last one being the most important one in the country. Today, the production of berries has reached 60,540 acres across Mexico and is mainly focused in four states. Michoacán is the…
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