LANSING - Feb 2/06 - MFB -- The future doesn't look rosy for Michigan's nursery and greenhouse growers. Rocketing heating costs, price spikes for plastic products, an uncertain sales market and Michigan's weakening economy are thorns in the side of nurserymen like Bill Ruhlig. But will consumers feel a prick come spring? Maybe and maybe not. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Feb 3/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 6/06 - SNS -- The USDA wants to allow imports of pink and red tomatoes from certain Central American countries. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 7/06 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 8/06 - SNS -- The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided two classes of orange juice imported from Brazil are sold in the United States at less than fair value. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 9/06 - SNS -- Hawaii fresh papaya utilization is estimated at 2.82 million pounds for January, up 34% from the previous month and 9% more than January 2005, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 9/06 - SNS -- Other than a 6% reduction in the projected size of this year's tangerine harvest, the USDA did not change forecast production levels for citrus grown in that country from last month. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 9/06 - SNS -- The USDA left the estimated size of this season's orange harvest unchanged from last month 9.22 million tons, about 1% above last season's final utilization of 9.11 million tons. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- Georgetown University Medical Center researchers say vegetables contain chemicals that appear to help cells repair damage to their DNA, raising hopes this may help prevent cancer from developing. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Feb 10/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 14/06 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Fruit Crop Values 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Commercial Vegetable Values 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Fall Potato Situation - Feb 1, 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Fall Potato Farm Usage - Feb 1, 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Feb 15/06 - SNS -- Potato stocks are down sharpy in the United States as of February 1, sitting at 188 million cwt (100 pound units), 7% below this time last year and 6% below 2004 levels, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Potato Seasonal Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Sweet Potato Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Taro Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Potato Returns by State For 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

SYDNEY - Feb 16/06 - SNS -- The state of Western Australia's Agriculture Minister. Kim Chance, will not interfere with the operations of the state's potato marketing board, fearing it will hurt the industry. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Feb 17/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Apples in Cold Storage - Jan 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Feb 21/06 - SNS -- Frozen vegetable supplies fell 7% during January to finish the month at almost 2,084 million pounds, down 1% from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 21/06 - SNS -- Frozen fruit supplies dropped 9% during January to finish the month at almost 974 million pounds, down 1% from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Frozen Vegetables in Storage by Month - 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Frozen Potato in Storage by Month - 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Frozen Berries in Storage by Month - 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Frozen Juice in Storage by Month - 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Apples in Storage by Month - 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Frozen Fruit in Storage by Month - 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Pears and Apples in Storage by Month - 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Feb 22/06 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 22/06 - SNS -- Japan has ended its decades old ban on imports of fresh potatoes from the United States, says agriculture secretary Mike Johanns, making it possible for Japan to reduce imports of frozen potatoes. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Feb 24/06 - SNS -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released the latest weekly report on options and futures positions held by frozen orange juice traders on the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Feb 28/06 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Potato Prices Received by State -- Feb 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. 2005 Annual Average Prices for Potatoes . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Citrus Prices Received by State -- Feb 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Fruit Crop Prices Received - Feb 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Vegetable Crop Prices Received - Feb 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

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