SOURCE: Freshplaza Empaque Don Jorge I (EDJI) opened this past weekend, ready for the northern regions. EDJI is the hometown packhouse of El Grupo Crespo, Latin America’s largest hydro-thermal packhouse and the home to El Grupo Crespo’s two brands, Crespo Organic and RCF. Originally built by Roberto Crespo Fitch inContinue Reading
SOURCE: Mexico News Daily Mexico is now the world’s biggest exporter of papaya and sits in third place in terms of volume produced, which grew 3.2% last year. The country has 44.7% of the global export market, followed by Guatemala and Brazil, and became the third biggest producer in 2019,Continue Reading
SOURCE: Angulo TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Mexico produced 1,209,000 tons of pineapples in 2020, i.e. 16.2% more than in the previous year according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Sader), positioning the country as the world’s ninth biggest producer of this fruit. This growth follows the trend inContinue Reading
The Rural Development Secretariat of the National Agricultural Health, Safety, and Quality Service (Senasica) has ordered suspending the aerial fumigation to combat pests in Oaxaca’s mango productions to avoid harming other species.Continue Reading
The coronavirus pandemic won’t stop Mexico from sending a huge quantity of avocados to the United States in the lead-up to the Super Bowl to be played February 7 in Tampa, Florida.Continue Reading
SOURCE: Opportimes TRANSLATION: Freshplaza Mexico’s mango exports between January and October 2020 increased by 4.5% in value over the same period of the previous year, totaling 325.7 million dollars. The export volume increased by 2.5%, totaling 409,800 tons, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture. The growth of MexicanContinue Reading
The trail an avocado takes from farm to toast is increasingly punctuated by chain-link fencing and AK-47s. At least, that’s become the case in Mexico, where the meteoric rise of the avocado industry has attracted unwanted attention and an increase in violence toward growers and their workers. The threatsContinue Reading
The drought in the Mexican state of Veracruz, the leading pineapple producer in the country, has caused the loss of 5,000 hectares of fruit and a decrease in sizes, the leader of the producers of Ciudad Isla and Rodriguez Clara, Alfonso Barrera, stated. According to Barrera, the fruitContinue Reading
With the aim of improving the state of Michoacan’s mango production chain, the Ministry of Rural and Agricultural Food Development (Sedrua) will implement processes and training among producers to improve the market and achieve more competitive sales. In this last season, the price paid to mango producers from MichoacanContinue Reading
On Monday, June 10, the price paid to producers of the giant dwarf banana variety, packed in a wooden box, surpassed the 6 pesos per kilo barrier. This price increase is due to the shortage of fruit that can be cut and the existence of high demand in the nationalContinue Reading
The baby avocados in Enrique Bautista’s vast orchard in western Mexico will grow to maturity, eventually, and be shipped out of Mexico. What remains to be seen is how many of those green gems will reach consumers in the United States if President Donald Trump makes good on hisContinue Reading
Vietnam is seeking to export avocados to the United States, the Southeast Asian country said on Thursday, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to shut the U.S.-Mexico border raised fears American consumers could see a shortage. Avocado prices in the United States jumped by nearly 50% in April onContinue Reading