Agronometrics in Charts: Avocado prices and volumes prior to Cinco de Mayo

In the U.S. there are two dates when avocado consumption in the form of guacamole skyrockets. The first being the Super Bowl in early February and the second is the celebration of Cinco de Mayo.

April 27 , 2021

Opinion: Persecution in Spain against the avocado

Cristobal Aguado, President of Valencia's AVA-ASAJA, says that hundreds of families benefit from the performance of this crop, helping to turn the economic wheel in many towns.

April 27 , 2021

Prima Wawona announces major stone fruit expansion

Prima Wawona's new stone fruit acreage increases the company’s total to almost 15,000 acres, equating to 1 million additional trees.

April 27 , 2021

IFG building new R&D headquarters in California

Fruit breeding and licensing company IFG has unveiled plans for the company's new $12 million state-of-the-art research facility and breeding campus in California.

April 27 , 2021

USDA deregulates Simplot's genetically engineered potato

Simplot's potato variety, designated as Snowden Z6, is engineered for late blight protection, lowered reducing sugars, low acrylamide potential and reduced blackspot bruising.

April 26 , 2021

Cosmic Crisp apple 'has potential to become top-five variety at this time next year'

After a record-breaking sophomore year that is not over yet, Cosmic Crisp apple’s growth trajectory indicates it will launch to the top of the apple chart in no time, according to Domex SuperFresh Growers.

April 26 , 2021

U.S. Customs find $4.4M of methamphetamine hidden in cucumber shipment

U.S. Customs authorities intercepted a shipment of $4.3million worth of methamphetamine that was hidden inside 114 packages of cucumber pickles.

April 26 , 2021

Mexico: Sinaloa mango season threatened by water shortages

"If there is no water, the mango that is saved doesn't grow, it remains small which causes the fruit not to have the best quality for export and it gets sold cheaply later," Padilla said.

April 26 , 2021

U.S. strawberry harvest robot start-up raises $20M

Last year Tortuga launched a strawberry harvesting robot, which according to the company is a flexible platform and can be adapted to work on other crops like indoor-grown tomatoes or outdoor table grapes.

April 26 , 2021

Panama: Banana farmworker strike ends after Chiquita removes security cameras

Following government mediation, an agreement was reached this week under which Chiquita would remove the security cameras and farming and packing operations would resume.

April 23 , 2021