Tag: strawberries
ProduceIQ: Markets watching for winter’s impact in the East
- Analysis
The North American winter season has been relatively mild thus far. That was until mother nature decided to remind us all who’s in charge by freezing the sunshine state and hurling a bomb cyclone up the East Coast. New York City received more than 10 inches of snow, and areas of Massachusetts reported 30 inches.
Strawberry research reveals higher yields, better quality under broad-spectrum lighting strategies
- General News
Fluence by OSRAM (Fluence), a leading global provider of energy-efficient LED lighting solutions for commercial cannabis and food production, announced results from its year-long strawberry research in collaboration with Delphy Improvement Centre (Delphy), an independent institute and expert in food and flowers located in Bleiswijk, the Netherlands.
Oppy promotes Happy Berry hydroponic strawberries
- General News
The hydroponic tabletop strawberry concept was developed by New Wave Berry, LLC which is a joint venture formed by grower, marketer and distributor Oppy, agricultural investment firm Farmers Gate and family-owned agribusiness Red Dog Management, who is growing the crop in Santa Maria, California.
ProduceIQ: High prices pressed downward by higher freight rates
- Featured
High FOB prices, coupled with high freight rates, is a puzzling circumstance.
Ever Tru Farms launches with greenhouse-grown strawberries
- General News
Ever Tru Farms, a new Ontario-based and entirely vertically integrated berry producer of scale, has entered the market in a way that will revolutionize the strawberry market in North America.
California may miss out on rising strawberry demand
- General News
Rain is expected to keep down California strawberry supplies as new year demand for the fruit begins its annual pull.
ProduceIQ: Prices lackluster, unable to overcome cautious buyers
- Analysis
While New York City bathed in balmy 60-degree temps, Southwestern growing regions shivered in the low 30's. If you thought that combination is a guarantee for high market prices, you'd be wrong.
Strong forecast for winter strawberries
- General News
California Giant Berry Farms, a leading producer of fresh, sustainable berries, today announced its forecast for a strong winter strawberry crop, led by its Florida and Mexico growing regions.
ProduceIQ: Leverage shifts to buyers post-Thanksgiving
- Featured
After an expensive fall season, fresh produce prices are pausing, and a few are taking a dive. The Dry Veg category is leading the plunge with a -16 percent decline over the previous week.
Oppy-Ocean Spray launch specialty hydroponic ‘Happy Berry’
- General News
Rooting thousands of strawberry plants on elevated tables the first week of October, Oppy, under the Ocean Spray license, will launch the first-ever specialty berry pack in the Happy Berry label mid-December.