Category: Analysis

A series of unfortunate circumstances has lettuce buyers clinging tighter to the beginning of Yuma’s season than President-Elect Donald Trump to the American flag on election night.

As the nation gears up for Election Week, more than just ballots are being cast; markets are also reacting to incessantly shifting prediction polls in this highly contested presidential race.

A series of significant changes across various regions will set the global blueberry industry up for continued success.

In this graphic by Agtools, see the story of asparagus over the past few seasons in charts and graphics.

Halloween isn’t the only October tradition commencing this week. The transition out of the Salinas Valley, CA, is underway, and produce markets can’t mask their festive fall transition spirits.

These are particularly volatile in the political and information world, and we can’t help but be swept up in it. But there are ways to stay sane and prepare your company to evolve, whichever way the political winds blow.

The sweet corn market is cursed. Supply is hauntingly tight due to the devastation from Hurricanes Helene and Milton in the East, coupled with scorching heat in the West.

As football fans cheered for their favorite college and NFL teams over the weekend, produce growers across the Southeast faced a different kind of blitz: back-to-back hits from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

My college days are coming back, it seems, as my local club is going to start having the bouncer check IDs at the door.  

Average produce prices defy the odds. The ProduceIQ index fell -3 percent over the previous week after an indisputably rough week for all levels of the produce supply chain.