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Florida Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan met with Florida fruit and vegetable growers to reaffirm his efforts to protect them against what he described as unfair trade practices by Mexico.
Jicama takes the form of tacos, dipping spears and chips in Xica’s new line of fresh-cut vegetable products.
TUBAC, Ariz. — With a projected 25% increase in grape exports from Sonora, Mexico, this season, the message to importers and marketers is: get the word out and promote.
With new duties on Mexican tomatoes entering the U.S., industry groups said negotiations between the Department of Commerce and Mexico’s tomato industry must continue.
The Department of Commerce will follow through on its plan to withdraw from an agreement with Mexican tomato growers, triggering a 17.56% duty on tomatoes from Mexico, according to a Mexican official.
A University of Georgia study has determined that the state’s berry and vegetable growers will suffer if the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement is ratified without changes.
Avocados from Mexico anticipates record-breaking import volumes for Cinco de Mayo celebrations.
The Department of Commerce has terminated the 2013 Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico, setting a 17.56% duty on Mexican tomatoes arriving in the U.S.
Al Bernardi, who helped established a Nogales, Ariz., brokerage as the area became a key link to imported produce, has died.
A panel of produce industry leaders in Nogales, Ariz., spoke in favor of free trade and against the threatened Trump administration imposition of tariffs on Mexican goods.
The certainty of stable trade relations between the U.S. and Mexico seemed to be evaporating in early June.
President Trump has announced the U.S. and Mexico have reached a border immigration agreement that will indefinitely suspend 5% tariffs on Mexican imports that had been set to take effect June 10.
California spring vegetables are seeing increasing competition from Mexican imports.
A pilot program in Nogales, Ariz., at the Mariposa Port of Entry, should speed up some inspections of Mexico grapes this season.
Amid chatter that the Trump administration may try to help ease the pain to growers, China planned to up its retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports.
As the Mexican grape season begins, importers will be seeing an expected 22-million carton crop this season, a one-third increase from last season.
The Mexican table grape deal may be getting off to a slightly later start than usual this season, but grower-shippers expect volume to be significantly higher than last year.
Seeking an 11th-hour deal that would preserve a revised tomato suspension agreement with the Commerce Department, Mexican tomato growers have submitted a proposal.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Pharr, Texas, seized more than $6 million worth of methamphetamine concealed in a shipment of fresh honeydew melons.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, former governor of Georgia, said the conclusions in a study from the University of Georgia — his alma mater — about the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement are “flat wrong.”
The University of Georgia’s recent study on the potential effect of the “new NAFTA” on the state’s vegetable and berry growers is drawing friendly fire.
Mexican tomato growers proposed a new tomato suspension agreement to the Commerce Department on May 22, but Florida tomato growers gave it an icy reception.
Potato industry leader Dan Moss voiced support for immediate Congressional approval of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement and expanded potato trade with China at a White House trade event May 23.
Grower, packer and shipper Catania Worldwide has a new location at the IMAS Fresh cold storage facility in McAllen, Texas.
Bayer is partnering with Israeli artificial intelligence data analytics company Prospera Technologies Inc. in a program the companies say will optimize profitability and sustainability of greenhouse growing.
As the world’s leading avocado producer, Mexico continues to supply markets globally while adapting to evolving trends and challenges.
Two-way trade between the U.S. and Mexico in organic produce is booming, a new report from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service says.
The USDA’s annual report on Mexican tomatoes forecasts Mexico’s 2023 fresh tomato production at 3.87 million metric tons, a 2% increase compared with 2022.
“Nature really dealt us a tough hand and we are navigating through it the best way possible. Despite the rocky start, prices will adjust to comfortable levels over the next days or so,” says Carlos Bon.
Avocados From Mexico can see wonderful accomplishments in the rearview mirror, but President and CEO Alvaro Luque believes the future will be even more spectacular.