U.S. citrus utilized production for the 2007-08 season is 13.0 million tons, up 24 percent from the 2006-07 season but 27 percent lower than the record high production of 17.8 million tons for the 1997-98 season. Florida accounted for 70 percent the total.

Tropicana Products is planning to launch Trop50, a new orange juice with 50% less sugar and calories, and no artificial sweeteners. According to the company, the new product is naturally sweetened from the stevia plant and…

The Food and Drug Administration says pistachios are one snack to avoid! The warning comes after central California based Setton Pistachio, the nation’s second largest pistachio processor, voluntarily recalled more than two million pounds…

Peanuts have helped produce profits for many Texas growers. But even without the horrific salmonella scare that recently roasted the industry, the glut of goobers grown in the Southeast last year means loan-level prices may be the best farmers expect for 2009.

The full bloom dates as reported by CCPA’s fieldstaff were March 16 for the Yuba/Sutter area (6 days later than last year), March 17 in the Modesto area (6 days later than last year), and March 3 for the Kingsburg area (5 days earlier than last year).

Coffee exporters in Ethiopia, Africa’s biggest producer, are stockpiling beans in anticipation of a further devaluation of the national currency, the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange said.The stockpiling has contributed to a decline in export revenue…

Coffee production in El Salvador’s 2008-09 harvest to March 1 was down 9.4% to reach 1,418,333 60-kilogram bags, the Salvadoran Coffee Council said Thursday. This compares to total registered production of 1,565,533 bags from the beginning…

Viet Nam, the world’s second-biggest grower of coffee, may produce less than 16 million bags in the 2009-10 year because of premature flowering, according to the Viet Nam Coffee and Cocoa Association. The trees have started forming fruit in some…

Three mango juice processing plants will be set up at the Coast to save farmers in the region from making losses. Agriculture minister William Ruto at the weekend said thousands of tonnes of mangoes were rotting at the only privately owned mango juice factory in Mtwapa.

Barely two months after a huge recall of peanut-related products, federal officials said late Monday that a California processor would recall about one million pounds of pistachio products because of concerns about salmonella contamination.

La caída de precios en el segundo semestre determinó menor volumen exportado en 2008, el año pasado se despacharon prácticamente 18 mil toneladas de esta fruta, lo que produjo un descenso de 13% respecto del año anterior, aunque el valor se…

Strawberries are at the core of discussion both in Italy and Spain, as harvest is delayed by more than two weeks in both Countries´ main producing areas. According to Italian experts, the delay may lead to production overlapping in the next few months,…

El grupo de contacto hispano-francés de ajo, reunido ayer en Toledo y constituido por productores de Francia y España, así como representantes de las administraciones de ambos países, acordó solicitar al Comité Mixto Hispano-Francés,

Guinea Bissau’s Acting President Raimundo Pereira has called on the country’s government to promote the processing of cashew nut, noting that the country “can not keep on exporting raw cashew nut.” Speaking at the launch of the campaign…

Kroger Co. said today it is recalling packaged pistachio nuts sold in Oregon and 30 other states over fears they are contaminated with salmonella. This is the second recall associated with pistachio nuts this week,…

Los freseros optan por la rebaja final debido a la situación de crisis económica que se vive en los hogaresResponsables del sector fresero de Palos de la Frontera, reunidos ayer en asamblea en el salón de plenos del Ayuntamiento de la localidad,…

According to preliminary data of Analytical Centre of Customs Administration (CAAC) in 2008 the average export price of frozen strawberries, Polish export frozen product, was 1.37€/kg. As compared to 2007 the average price of frozen strawberries…

La dépendance du monde entier vis-à-vis du dollar a-t-elle atteint ses limites ? La Chine, premier créancier des Etats-Unis, avec 696,2 milliards de dollars (525 milliards d’euros) en bons du Trésor en décembre 2008,