Latest News From Mexico

Rico Farms has opened its third location Mexico and is shipping its first crop of organic hard squash.

Ataulfo mangoes from Mexican grower Crespo Organic began shipping in late January and will continue until late August.

When President Trump signed the USMCA, responses from the U.S., Canada and Mexican fresh produce industries were generally positive.

Securing long-term trade certainty with Canada and Mexico, President Donald Trump has signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Sweet Karoline blackberries will be making their way to supermarket shelves this year after seven years of research, development and market testing.

Texas Customs and Border Protection agents recently found nine people being smuggled into the U.S. in a shipment of fresh produce.

Avocados from  Mexico is offering a sneak peak of its Super Bowl commercial, featuring avocado fan Molly Ringwald.

The spring summit highlighting the Mexican grape season will be in Tubac, Ariz., again.

World Direct Shipping, Palmetto, Fla., has extended an agreement with Port Manatee, and added a third vessel to its service.

Members of the produce industry are praising U.S. senators for their overwhelming support of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Avocados From Mexico’s Guac Nation is back, in a cross promotion with Bud Light and Cholula hot sauce leading into the Super Bowl.

Five Crowns Marketing, Brawley, Calif., is expanding berry and asparagus volumes, and is adding industry veterans and facilities to support the increase.

The Commerce Department’s decision in May to withdraw an agreement suspending an anti-dumping investigation on Mexican tomatoes entering the U.S. set off a contentious debate on imported tomatoes in 2019.

The Texas International Produce Association, Mission, and other groups are sponsoring a meeting on inspections of Mexican tomatoes under the Tomato Suspension Agreement.

Tomatoes and bell peppers are two of the most popular winter produce items shipping from West Mexico.

Growers in West Mexico offer a wide range of winter produce and distributors were reporting good quality on all commodities.

Apeel Sciences, Santa Barbara, Calif., is opening offices in Mexico, the Netherlands and Peru.

Rio Rico Farms, Hermosillo, Mexico, which supplies Bridges Produce Inc., Portland, Ore., with organic vegetables, views social programs as a way to change workers’ lives on and off the farm.

TUBAC, Ariz. — The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas used to be a local organization, dealing with local problems for the importers when it was called the West Mexico Vegetable Distributors.

Produce Lovers, a vertically-integrated grower that ships blueberries from the Mexican state of Jalisco, is shipping conventional and organic berries through mid-June.

Pacific Trellis Fruit, Los Angeles, is growing Dulcinea brand PureHeart seedless watermelons in a new shade house system in which the fruit never touches the ground while growing.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers “unwrapped” a case involving 100 packages of marijuana in load of vegetables in San Diego.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is reminding observers of All Souls Day that some agricultural items used in holiday decorations are prohibited in the U.S. due to pest and plant diseases, including HLB.

Avocados from Mexico continues to educate consumers about the popular green fruit.

AgDay broadcast - South of the border avocado growers are taking matters into their own hands to protect their crop.

Diviine Flavor, Nogales, Ariz., is focusing on extending the Mexican grape season with fruit from Chile and Peru.

The Department of Commerce, acting on a request by U.S. tomato growers, is continuing its investigation into the dumping of Mexican tomatoes into the U.S.

Blueberry grower Consalo Family Farms, Egg Harbor City, N.J., has formed a growing, marketing and distribution partnership with BlueDrop, Jalisco, Mexico.

Border officials have discovered $1.8 million in methamphetamine in connection with a commercial truckload of tomatoes at a Pharr, Texas, port of entry.

Baja Son Growers LLC, Salinas, Calif., is offering a year-round organic green onion program under the Baja Son Growers label.

Mexican papaya grower-shipper Super Starr International, Colima, is promoting its food safety programs and track record.

With the ink on the new tomato suspension agreement still wet, the Florida Tomato Exchange has filed a request for continuation of the antidumping investigation of fresh tomatoes from Mexico. 

Fresh Farms, Rio Rico Aziz., has hired Scott Rossi as director of sales and marketing.

Blazer Wilkinson, Salinas, Calif., has a new website highlighting “The Ultimate Strawberry,” as the company ramps up production of its Foxy brand conventional and organic strawberries.

Mexican fruit and vegetable grower Agrizar is growing berries exclusively for Mastronardi BerryWord America.

Bridges Produce, Portland, Ore., has hired Fernando Rodriguez as a member of its Nogales, Ariz., sales staff.

An outbreak of Cyclospora illnesses linked to fresh basil appears to be over, according to the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Fruit importer LGS Specialty Sales, New Rochelle, N.Y., is promoting growing regions around the globe with the Dish to Discovery program.

Berry People, Hollister, Calif., has a new source of Mexican berries to fill gaps in the fall and winter.

Oswaldo Silva is the new vice president and chief procurement officer at Square One Farms LLC, Miramar, Fla.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — The interests of Florida and America should come first, and the USCMA as it is written is a “bad deal,” Florida 

Wholesum Family Farms is expanding its greenhouse facilities in Sonora, Mexico, and Amado, Ariz.

Fresh-Link Produce LLC, Nogales, Ariz., has hired Diane Ybarra in its sales department.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers recently found heroin and cocaine in a commercial shipment of produce in South Texas.

Avocados From Mexico is opening its “avocado-centric” concessions in the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.

Seald Sweet International is branching out into avocados with a partnership with Mexican grower Valvilla Produce.

Are Mexican tomato growers experiencing buyer’s remorse about their newly negotiated suspension agreement with the Department of Commerce?

U.S. imports of Mexican tomatoes in July showed gains in volume compared with a year ago but experienced declines in price.

The FDA, citing eight foodborne illness outbreaks linked to papayas since 2011, says repeated outbreaks are unacceptable and the industry must take action to step up food safety efforts.

The Packer's editor Tom Karst and Produce Retailer editor Ashley Nickle discuss the details of the new agreement on Mexican tomatoes.