Tag: broccoli

Markon First Crop (MFC) Asian-Cut Broccoli Crowns from the Salinas, California and Central Mexico growing regions are currently not available; Markon Best Available and packer label supplies will be substituted temporarily.

Tropical storm Alberto brought heavy rainfall from Mexico to Texas last week. Some areas of Texas saw almost 10 inches of rain, and Mexico’s East Coast saw 6 inches.

Jeff Lair, director of membership sales with Blue Book, joined Nate Cross and Benjamin Kowalski with Freight 360 on their podcast to discuss current shipping trends for broccoli, pears, and peaches.   

Verdant Technologies is expanding the adoption of its HarvestHold Fresh product in Canada to improve the sustainability and efficiency of the North American broccoli supply chain.

In this graphic by Agtools, see the story of broccoli over the past few seasons in charts and graphics.

About as fickle as a March Madness bracket, Spring transition has arrived! In search of better-growing conditions, most produce commodities will transition northward over the next five weeks.

Let me suggest to the broccoli industry that they engage the sponsorship of Ringo Starr, who was recently on the cover of AARP magazine.

While we were washing away our last few memories of COVID restrictions at IFPA, Hurricane Norma made landfall on the Southern tip of Baja California, Mexico, as a Category 1 storm and then again in Sinaloa as a tropical storm. Rain from the tropical system will impact growers in North and Central Mexico.

Blueberries are El Nino’s most haunting victim yet. A relatively new commodity for Peruvian growers that some believed was too big of a risk to try in the first place.

While the back-to-school season is usually marked by rejoicing parents and low summer produce prices, extreme weather is forcing some unlikely commodities to pull average prices to a ten-year high.