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TOMATOES — F.O.B.S AS OF MAY 14

CENTRAL AND SOUTH FLORIDA DISTRICTS — Shipments (433-454-398) — Movement expected to increase. Trading moderate. Prices 5x6s higher, others lower. Extra services included. 25-pound cartons loose mature-greens 85% U.S. 1 or better 5x6s $8.95-9.95, 6x6s $7.95-8.95, 6x7s $7.95-8.95. Quality generally good.

MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZ. — Crossings (152-146-159, greenhouse 124-123-137, vine-ripes 28-23-22) — Movement expected to decrease seasonally. Supplies 4x4 to 4x5s light. Trading 4x4 to 4x5s fairly active, others slow. Prices 4x4 to 4x5s higher, others generally unchanged. Field-grown and greenhouse cartons/flats two-layer 4x4s mostly $9-10, 4x5s mostly $7.95-9, 5x5s mostly $4.99-5, 5x6s $4.64-5. Quality variable.

MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH OTAY MESA, CALIF. — Crossings (8-8-11, greenhouse 7-7-9, vine-ripes 1-1-2) — Movement expected to increase seasonally. Supplies in too few hands to establish a market. Quality generally good. The first f.o.b. report was expected to be issued the week of May 21.

WEST FLORIDA DISTRICT — Shipments (0-0-0) — Light harvest expected to start the week of May 28. Expect first f.o.b. by the first week of June.

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CANADA SHIPPING POINTS — Greenhouse (149*-150-**) — No prices reported. **unavailable, *revised

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Fresh shipper among Florida citrus hall of fame inductees

01/13/2012 11:16:11 AM
Doug Ohlemeier

The Florida Citrus Hall of Fame is honoring grower-shippers for service to the industry.

Hunt Frank Hunt II, former board president of Seald Sweet International, Vero Beach, Fla., Robert Barben, a founding member of the Highlands County Citrus Growers Association, and Bernard Lester, the former head of the Florida Department of Citrus, are members of the Hall of Fame’s 50th year of honors.

The chairman of the board of Hunt Bros. Cooperative, Lake Wales, Fla., Hunt joins his father, Deeley Hunt, founder of the 83-year-old grower-shipper, in the hall of fame.

Barben A winner of the Lakeland-based Florida Citrus Packers Inc.’s John T. Lesley award, Frank Hunt II served on the Florida Citrus Packers and Florida Fresh Citrus Shippers Association boards. The former president of Citrus World Inc. cooperative, which later became Florida’s Natural, he also helped the cooperative grow to become the state’s largest citrus cooperative, according to a news release.

Barben, a longtime board member of Florida Citrus Mutual, Adams Packing Co., and the Growers’ Administrative Committee and president of Robert Barben Inc. of Avon Park, Fla., was chairman of the Florida Citrus Production Manager’s Association since the early 1950s. Barben helped raise $2 million to build a new building at the Florida Citrus Research and Education Center in Lake Alfred and for 20 years headed the department of citrus’ marketing advisory council.

Lester Lester started with the citrus agency as a research economist and worked his way to executive director in 1979, leading the agency through devastating freezes and trade and tariff challenges, according to the release. Lester later joined the Alico Inc. agribusiness operation and served on the LaBelle-based Gulf Citrus Growers Association’s board.

A March 2 luncheon at the Hollis Wellness Center at Florida Southern College in Lakeland is scheduled to honor the inductees.

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