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Federal researchers predict that the Massachusetts cranberry crop’s productivity this year will drop by nearly 20 percent from the record haul that local growers enjoyed in 2008. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Tuesday said…
Apple juice approximately accounts for 20% juice market share; and the annual trade volume hits 1.5 million tons. The compound growth rate of demand for apple juice concentrate was 6.06% during 1997-2007.
The Florida citrus industry’s long nightmare — a seven-season decline in U.S. orange juice sales — may be over, and not a moment too soon. Like the “green shoots” of rising economic indicators, some citrus people see hopeful signs at the end…
Orange juice futures prices hit their highest levels for a year on Wednesday, after a 45 per cent rise in the past six weeks, amid concerns over Florida’s disease-hit citrus crop and signs that juice demand is improving.
A surge of optimism capping the 2008-09 citrus season lost momentum from a forecast suggesting Florida’s orange crop has not shrunk enough to boost farm prices. The widely anticipated forecast released Friday by Elizabeth Steger…
World production and trade estimated at 50.8 million metric ton (MMT) and 3.2 MMT, respectively, are virtually unchanged from the February forecast. The higher export projection for the United States (up 39%) is in response….
Frozen concentrated orange juice futures fell sharply Friday, with September posting a huge 8.5% loss on a bearishly construed 2009-10 Florida orange output estimate, brokers and analysts said.
Egypt, a major Mediterranean producer and exporter of Pomegranates has just started the shipping of the new harvest. The climate in Egypt and other countries around the Mediterranean sea are perfect for growing Pomegranates.
Producers of purple carrots are anticipating a massive surge in demand as consumers and governments become increasingly wary of artificial food colorings. For decades, food producers have used petroleum-based dyes to give their products…
A next part of conflict between fruit farmers and processing industry over the purchase price of industrial apples is gearing up. Polish Association of Juices Producers estimates that the purchase price of industrial apples will be 0.048€/kg.
Florida’s largest citrus trade organization has new data to back up its claim that a Brazilian orange juice exporter is illegally dumping juice on the U.S. market. In April, Florida Citrus Mutual said it believed Citrovita was selling orange juice…
The Tampa Port Authority approved a lease agreement with Cutrale Citrus Juices USA Inc. to develop new juice storage and distribution facilities at the Port of Tampa. The lease will cover 2.7 acres near Berth 205, said James R. Renner,…
Recently, fruit juice has earned a spot in the produce department thanks to its high concentrations of healthful properties. One of the most recent newcomers to the category is juice made from the acai berry grown on the coast of the Amazon River in Brazil.
Frozen concentrated orange juice futures closed with modest losses, as prices consolidated at the lower end of the recent range in alightly traded summertime session.Most-active September FCOJ on ICE Futures U.S. lost 20 points to settle…
Florida citrus growers will be watching anxiously to see whether the Port of Tampa’s new 8 million-gallon orange juice storage facility will deliver the good news of higher farm prices or become another Brazilian assault on the state’s signature….
The purchase of industrial apples started a week ago. Early varieties of apples with bigger acidity are a valuable element of apple juice concentrate. Purchase prices are stable at the level 0.14 – 0.15 PLN (0.033-0.35 euro)/kg.
The new facility on the Port of Tampa will export orange juice worldwide from Florida. A subsidiary of the world’s largest orange grower and processor plans to build eight 1 million gallon storage tanks at a new facility to export orange juice…