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.
Growers Juggle Harvests, Pandemic Precautions
August 7, 2020
Producers say they could use help with faster test results, isolation of ill workers. Farm operations are trudging through their late-summer harvests with the added burden of making sure workers are wearing masks, maintaining physical distance and taking other precautions against the spread of the coronavirus. Growers told a California panel Tuesday they could use local and state officials’ help in obtaining faster test results, contact tracing and isolating workers who are ill, noting that many farmworkers are housed with…
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OVERVIEW GLOBAL ORANGE MARKET
July 17, 2020
Due to the coronavirus, the demand for citrus fruits remains high, which is reflected in the prices; however, the peak has already been left behind and prices are falling back to a more normal level. Production is currently underway in the Southern Hemisphere, with South Africa, Peru, Chile and Australia as the main exporting countries. There is also still a limited production of oranges in California and Italy which is mainly intended for the local markets. The Netherlands: Short supply…
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Top Crops Retain Standings In Monterey County Production
July 17, 2020
Monterey County’s top four most valuable crops remained unchanged from 2018 to 2019, led by leaf lettuce, which saw an increase of almost 15%, boosted by better pricing for romaine. Overall, the county’s ag production value increased 3.5% in 2019, to almost $4.41 billion, according to the Monterey County 2019 Crop Report, issued by the county’s agricultural commission. Of the top 10 crops, ranked by production value, seven categories are vegetables, with the exception being strawberries, in the No. 2 slot…
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US Growers Experience A Nut Glut
July 15, 2020
The past decade’s demand boom exhorted US growers to bring on the supply. They planted loads of new trees in the past several years. Groves take time to mature enough to bear fruit. Now, all that crop expansion is finally coming to market. However, it’s arriving just as Chinese tariffs and fallout from the pandemic are dragging down exports. According to data from the US Department of Agriculture, this year's American almond crop is forecast to climb 20% to a…
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2020 Produce Sales Up 9% Over Last Year’s Fourth Of July Week
July 15, 2020
During the week ending July 5, elevated everyday plus holiday demand drove gains of +9.1% for fresh produce — higher than the week prior, but not as high as Father’s Day. Frozen and shelf-stable fruits and vegetables did continue to see double-digit gains, with particular strength for frozen, at +24.4%. Year-to-date, fresh produce sales are up 10.6% over the same time period in 2019. Frozen fruit and vegetables increased the most, up 28.0% year-to-date. This is in spite of limited…
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