WASHINGTON - Mar 1/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - Mar 3/05 - MFB -- If Mexico is to be a market for Michigan apple growers, the crop has to improve, according to Don Armock, president of Riveridge Produce Marketing, Inc. in Sparta. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 4/05 - SNS -- The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has come to the conclusion there is a "reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of certain orange juice from Brazil that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value." . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Mar 4/05 - 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 - Mar 4/05 - 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 - Mar 4/05 - SNS -- Brazilian apple production is expected to drop 13% this year to just 850,000 metric tons (MT) because of weather problems, a dramatic reversal from last year, when output soared 17% to a record 978,000 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 4/05 - SNS -- Tomato production in Brazil is expected to inch upward this year on the basis of more normal planting conditions and a continued increase in the country's average yields. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 8/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 8/05 - SNS -- The USDA will hold a referendum on proposed amendments to marketing order 927, which regulates the handling of winter pears grown in Oregon and Washington State. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- The U.S. all orange March forecast for the 2004-05 season is 9.38 million tons, down 3% from the February 1 forecast and 27% below last season's final utilization, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- Hawaii fresh papaya utilization is estimated at 2.28 million pounds for February, 10% lower than last month and 18% less than a year ago, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- Production of citrus fruits other than oranges was mostly unchanged in the latest USDA crop report, though output of tangelos was increased from the February report. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is seeking comments on a proposed revision of the voluntary U.S. Standards for Grades of Persian (Tahiti) Limes. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is seeking comments on a petition to change the U.S. grading standards for kale. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is seeking comments on a petition to change the U.S. grading standards for mango. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is seeking comments on a petition to change the U.S. grading standards for strawberries. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is seeking comments on a petition to change the U.S. grading standards for sweet peppers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is seeking comments on a petition to change the U.S. Standards for Grades of Snap Beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- All pure apple juice shipped from the United States to Japan must be tested for patulin, a naturally occurring mycotoxin. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 10/05 - SNS -- Production of plums and cherries is expected to remain close to demand in Poland, but peaches and apricots will continue to be imported to cover domestic consumption and processing needs, according to a recent report on the sector by the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Mar 11/05 - 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 - Mar 11/05 - 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 - Mar 15/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 15/05 - SNS -- Australian plum (including fresh prunes) production for 2006 is forecast at 37,000 MT, up 5% from the previous year, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 15/05 - SNS -- Australian stone fruit production is expected to port solid increases in 2005, paving the way for significant increases in export sales activity, argues the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 15/05 - SNS -- Production of cherries in 2006 is forecast at a record 9,000 MT, up sharply from the previous year and roughly in line with the production levels achieved prior to the drought in 2003, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for Australia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 15/05 - SNS -- Exports of oranges from Spain could decline this year because the Iberian Peninsula has experienced the coldest weather in the last several years this winter, causing damage to Spain's mid-to-late harvest citrus crops. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about US Fall Potato Production and Stocks - Mar 1, 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about US Potatoes Used For Pocessing - Mar 1, 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Mar 15/05 - SNS -- The quantity of potatoes on hand in the 15 largest producing states in the United States was up 1% from last year and 2% above 2003 as of March 1, totalling 168 million cwt (100 pound units), according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 17/05 - SNS -- Stone fruit production in China continues to increase in response to growing domestic demand on account of rising income levels in most urban centers in the country, suggests a report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 17/05 - SNS -- Chile's apricots, plums, peaches and nectarines and cherries are expected to decline from last year, offsetting some of the gains recorded last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Mar 18/05 - 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 - Mar 18/05 - 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 - Mar 22/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 22/05 - SNS -- U.S. Standards for Grades of Sweet Potatoes have been revised by the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 22/05 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 22/05 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 22/05 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Apples in Cold Storage - Feb 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Mar 22/05 - SNS -- Frozen vegetable supplies dropped 6% during February to finish the month at almost 1,979 million pounds, up 12% from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 22/05 - SNS -- Inventories of fresh and frozen fruit remained above year earlier levels at the end of February, though they were down from month earlier levels, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 22/05 - SNS -- Italian produced good crops of apples and pears in 2004, but experienced a poor year for grapes, according to the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 24/05 - SNS -- Apple production in southern Brazil was hurt by drought this growing season, with the result the country's total apple harvest could be down by 15% over last year, argues the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 24/05 - SNS -- Taiwan expects to see a modest increase in stone fruit production this year from around 119,900 metric tons (MT) in 2004 to almost 122,000 MT, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Mar 25/05 - 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 - Mar 25/05 - 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 - Mar 29/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Farm Prices for Fruits - Mar 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Farm Prices for Vegetables - Mar 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Farm Prices for Citrus - Mar 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Farm Prices for Potato - Mar 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Mar 30/05 - SNS -- Poland is a net importer of stone fruit, with purchases of peaches and apricots more than offsetting foreign exchange earnings from plum and cherry exports, according to a recent analysis from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Mar 31/05 - SNS -- Growers in the United States intend to plant 94,900 acres of sweet potatoes in 2005, down 3% from last year and 1% below 2003, according to this year's seeding intentions estimates from the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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