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Mexican melon production grows 11%

The U.S. is the main market for Mexican melons with a market value of 25,6 million dollars in 2022.
January 24 , 2024

Great quality projected for Florida strawberry season

The Florida Strawberry Growers Association remains highly optimistic despite less-than-ideal cold weather stalling bloom cycle in some Tampa Bay crops
January 19 , 2024

Agronometrics in Charts: Peru becomes the world’s leading exporter of table grapes

In contrast, Chile assumed the position of the second-largest world exporter, contributing significantly with 497,000 tons.
January 18 , 2024

Lemon overproduction crisis: "This critical situation has been going on for five years"

Last year Argentina's lemon exports fell to around 235,000 tons, of which 78,000 went to the United States and 120,000 to the European Union.
January 18 , 2024

Washington State AG lawsuit delays Kroger- Albertsons merger

January 17 , 2024

Agronometrics in Charts: 2023 - Year in Review

The somewhat atypical inflation figures are anticipated to prompt a decline in interest rates in 2024, facilitating a sought-after "soft landing" for the U.S. economy.
January 16 , 2024

Driscoll's expands its presence in Mexico

The nursery has two irrigation containers, a drip irrigation system, and substrate, which promote water savings, improve plant quality and automate irrigation.
January 16 , 2024

U.S. online grocery sales drop again

It’s the second year in a row that the order frequency of active monthly users (MAUs) declined.
January 15 , 2024

Chile launches pilot program for grape exports under Systems Approach

Members of the industry and exporters see this as a great opportunity to test out the system and see how it could be implemented in other regions of the country, as well as other export markets like the U.S.
January 12 , 2024

Maersk closing north-south transits through Panama Canal

The Pacific loop will drop off northbound cargo at Balboa for the land bridge service via rail to Manzanillo, where the Atlantic loop will retrieve the cargo and resume waterborne service. 
January 12 , 2024