Latest News From Limes

Prices for limes have risen noticeably in the last month, and suppliers listed seasonal factors, weather and the ongoing lemon shortage as pieces of the puzzle.

SiCar Farms, Mission, Texas, is building a new distribution center in McAllen that will handle three times the current production capacity.

Accentuate the positive. Last week I searched my nearby friendly produce department for lemons.

Last week U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists at a Texas port of entry discovered a rare pest never before seen in the U.S. in a shipment of Persian limes.

Large Mexican limes stubbornly continued to trade at prices of $50 per carton or above in early April, but signs point to easing f.o.b. levels by May.

National editor Tom Karst and staff writer Ashley Nickle review the big stories of the week, including Mexican produce labeled as Canadian and high demand for mushrooms and limes.

Rain in Mexico’s Veracruz growing region held back volume and pushed lime prices as high as $50 per carton in mid-March, but marketers expect better supply and easing prices by mid-April.

Now Corona beer drinkers in the U.S. can add slices of Corona limes to their drinks.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Pharr International Bridge this week discovered another load of marijuana, this time hidden in a truckload of limes.

Two large citrus grower-shippers noted that winds have had some effect on the lemon crop this season.

Cara caras, blood oranges and other specialty citrus varieties are generating bigger followings each year, grower-shippers in California say.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations at the Pharr (Texas) International Bridge cargo facility discovered 3,947 pounds of marijuana in a commercial shipment of key limes.

Colima, Mexico-based SiCar Farms, best known for the limes it grows and markets, is expanding its offering of produce items.