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.
Unprecedented Losses Plague Lettuce Growers As Salinas Valley Scrambles To Contain Pests That Threaten The Region’s Biggest Crop
December 21, 2020
By the time the good news about lettuce was announced, some of the bad news had already arrived, and a lot more was on the way. In June, the annual crop report for Monterey County was released and it showed that the industry’s revenues from lettuce were way up. The leafy greens that allow Salinas Valley to call itself the “Salad Bowl of the World” generated $1.36 billion in sales in 2019, more than any other crop. Leaf lettuce was up nearly…
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Confidence In Home Cooking Here To Stay
December 18, 2020
What Produce Trends Can Be Expected In 2021? Sheltering at home. Limited or no trips to restaurants at all. Wanting to eat healthier. These are some of the significant trends seen in a pandemic-filled 2020 that, of course, have played out within produce companies. At Frieda’s Specialty Produce in Los Alamitos, CA, the company has seen growth particularly in a few key items thanks in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Turmeric has been on fire in terms of growth rate…
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OVERVIEW GLOBAL TABLE GRAPE MARKET
December 18, 2020
Namibia and South Africa are now shipping their table grapes to the European market, while the North American market is mainly supplied by Peru, Chile and California. At the beginning of the overseas season, Namibia and South Africa started remarkably late. This is currently resulting in a more limited supply of grapes in Europe and therefore higher prices. This is expected to change in January, when more table grapes will arrive and prices should stabilize. In North America, there seems…
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Updated: Shippers Blame Carriers For Entirely Predictable US Container Graveyard
December 18, 2020
Shippers are not buying into the box shortage paradigm, that the dearth of containers in Asia is caused by the pandemic, presented by shipping lines and others, with one shipper telling Container News, “Containers don’t have a life of their own, the lines manage their box fleets as well as their ships.” Shippers believe that the cause of the container shortage and the spike in charges is the lines themselves, “Shippers are being charged astronomic rates for the lines’ own incompetence,” said one…
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PBH Helps Launch International Year Of Fruits And Vegetables
December 15, 2020
December 14, 2020 – The Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH) BB #:157162 President and CEO, Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, MS, RDN, will represent North America, alongside other global leaders, during the International Year of Fruit and Vegetables (IYFV) launch event on Tuesday, December 15, 2020. The United Nations (UN) General Assembly designated 2021 the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV), with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) serving as the lead agency for the year-long celebration in collaboration with other associated…
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