Bananas from southeastern Mexico will soon be on their way to Chinese consumers after the signing of a bilateral agreement. A process that began with the previous federal government concluded with the signing of a phytosanitary protocol by Agriculture and Rural Development Secretary Víctor Villalobos Arámbula and Chinese officialContinue Reading
The avocado growers of Tochimilco, a small village in central Mexico at the foot of the Popocatepetl volcano, are used to it threatening them with spurts of molten rock and ash. The last thing they needed was US President Donald Trump spewing fire at them, too. But Trump’sContinue Reading
One gauge of avocado prices is having its biggest gain in almost a decade as consumers weigh the latest rhetoric from Donald Trump on his threat to close the U.S. border with Mexico, a major supplier of the fruit. The Mexico City Hass price from Michoacan, the heartland ofContinue Reading
The conditions that two years ago led to a deadly multi-state salmonella outbreak due to Maradol papayas imported from Mexico remain largely unchanged. Imported papayas from Mexico remain under an import alert issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that permits U.S. ports of entry to detain theContinue Reading
A price dispute between producers in Michoacan, the heartland of Mexican avocado production, and packing companies has brought exports of the coveted green fruit to a halt. Growers ceased harvesting last week and now shipments to Mexico’s three top avocado buyers — the U.S., Canada, and Japan —Continue Reading
Lychee producers in Oaxaca are betting that demand for their product will continue to grow even though the fruit is rarely consumed in their home state. There are currently 1,500 hectares of land dedicated to lychee production in the Mixe and Papaloapan Basin regions of the southern state but nextContinue Reading
“It looks like brains!” I said, peeling back the skin of my very first pitaya — a variety of dragonfruit grown in Mexico and Central America — in the small Jalisco town of Techaluta. We were there to pick up the López family’s pitaya harvest and take it onContinue Reading
Harvesting kicks off this week for Yucatán Peninsula-based Jackfruit Mexico in the company’s first season dedicated solely to dehydrated product, plugging into the booming trend for the fruit as a vegan alternative to meat. The campaign also fits nicely with the Tulum Veg Fest this weekend where the company willContinue Reading
Costa Rica’s Hass avocado lovers could receive good news regarding the return of this Mexican product. Costa Rican consumers, who haven’t been able to enjoy this product since May 2015, might soon enjoy this product again, as the conflict between both countries could be solved in the nearContinue Reading
Jalisco’s mango production chain has been making advances in the certification of its orchards and its packers, to improve the exportable supply. This is a response to the demands of the global market, said the general director of Agricultural and Horticultural Development of the Seder in Jalisco, Mario Ramos Velasco.Continue Reading
Avocado volume out of Mexico should reach nearly 2 billion pounds during the current season — July 1 to June 30 — an increase from last year, despite a slow start during the summer. Volume could be 15% more than last year, said Rob Wedin, vice president ofContinue Reading
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