WASHINGTON - Jun 2/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Jun 2/04 - SNS -- The European Commission has signalled its readiness to discuss the region's controversial banana import quota regime. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 2/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 2/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 2/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Jun 2/04 - SNS -- This year's harvest has the potential to reach a record 5.8 million metric tons (MT) of processing tomatoes in Italy because low residual supplies from the 2003-04 marketing year combined with favorable weather conditions to boost seeded area. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 4/04 - SNS -- The USDA will allow more time for comments on proposed amendments to the cranberry marketing order, giving interested parties until June 30 to express their views. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 8/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 8/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 8/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 8/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ANKARA - Jun 9/04 - SNS -- Tomato processors in Turkey are expecting this year's harvest to end up around 8 million metric tons (MT) because of grower dissatisfaction with industrial tomato prices proposed by the processors. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/04 - SNS -- The U.S. all orange June 1 forecast for the 2003-04 crop is 13.1 million tons, unchanged from the May 1 forecast but 14% above last season's final utilization, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/04 - SNS -- The revised estimate of 2003 crop year sweet potato production is 15.9 million cwt, down less than 1% from the annual estimate made in January but up 24% from 2002, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/04 - SNS -- Hawaii fresh papaya utilization is estimated at 2.44 million pounds for May, down 8% from last month and 20% lower than a year ago, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/04 - SNS -- The 2004 peach crop in California, Georgia, and South Carolina is forecast at 2.19 billion pounds, up 5% from 2003 and 1% above two years ago, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/04 - SNS -- Production of Bartlett pears in California, Oregon, and Washington is forecast at 452,000 tons, down 1% from last year but 1% above 2002, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/04 - SNS -- The 2004 sweet cherry production for California, Oregon, and Washington is forecast at 243,000 tons, up 13% from 2003 and 40% above 2002, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/04 - SNS -- Production of both prunes and apricots will be down this year in California, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/04 - SNS -- The projected size of other citrus crops in the United States were lifted in the latest USDA crop report, as output of grapefruit was boosted 1% and numbers for tangelo, tangerine and temples were left unchanged from theprevious crop report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 15/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 15/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 15/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 15/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 15/04 - SNS -- Potato stocks in the 15 major producing states were up in the United States as of June 1, totalling 47.4 million cwt (100 pound units) for a 3% increase over last year and a 10% increase from 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LIMA - Jun 15/04 - SNS -- Peru expects to expand asparagus production 1.5% in 2004 to 192,000 metric tons (MT) in 2004, increasing 1.5% compared to the previous year, allowing the vegetable to retain its status as the country's most valuable agricultural export. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ATHENS - Jun 15/04 - SNS -- Fresh tomato production is expanding at a fairly rapid pace in Greece, a situation which is expected to be maintained through the 2004-05 marketing year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 21/04 - SNS -- The total quantity of frozen fruits and juices in freezers in the United States at the end of May were up over both last year and the previous month, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 21/04 - SNS -- The total quantity of frozen vegetables in freezers in the United States at the end of May were up 2% over last year at 1,381 million pounds, but still 6% below the previous month, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY - Jun 21/04 - SNS -- Asparagus production in Mexico is expected to slip to 65,000 metric tons (MT) this year on account of poor weather conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Jun 21/04 - SNS -- Tomato production in Italy is expected to rebound from last year's reduced harvest, with the industry looking for a record 6.57 million metric ton (MT) crop across the 2004-05 production season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SANTIAGO - Jun 21/04 - SNS -- Tomato paste exporters in Chile consciously limited export sales during the last quarter of 2003 in an effort to take advantage of anticipated price increase in the Mediterranean market on account of a short Italian crop in 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SEOUL - Jun 21/04 - SNS -- Jeju citrus production in Korea is expected to jump from around 700,000 metric tons (MT) across the 2003-04 season to over 700,000 MT in 2004-05, despite efforts to reduce citrus production. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 22/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 22/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 22/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 22/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 24/04 - SNS -- Tart cherry production is expected to drop 5% this year to 215 million pounds, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 24/04 - SNS -- Production of sweet cherries is expected to jump 17% this year to 276,550 tons, according to the latest crop production estimates from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WELLINGTON - Jun 28/04 - SNS -- New Zealand's kiwifruit industry turns 100 this year, marking the year a woman brought kiwi fruit seeds from China to New Zealand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 29/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 29/04 - SNS -- The USDA is accepting written comments on a petition to revise the United States Standards for Grades of Cucumbers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 29/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 29/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 29/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA - Average June 2004 Fruit & Vegetable Prices . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/04 - SNS -- Potato producers in the United States have reduced their summer potato crops 8% to 58,300 acres this year, reports the USDA, down 6% from two years ago. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/04 - SNS -- Planted area of sweet potatoes is estimated at 99,100 acres for the 2004 season, up 3% from both last year and two years ago, according today's USDA seeded area estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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