WASHINGTON - Oct 1/04 - SNS -- Summer storage onion production is forecast at 54.9 million hundredweight (100 pound units), up 11% from last year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 1/04 - SNS -- The prospective area for harvest of 11 selected fresh market vegetables during the fall quarter is forecast at 163,900 acres, up less than 1% from last year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

Selected Fresh Market Vegetables and Melons: Area Harvested by Crop, . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 4/904 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is accepting written comments on a recommended decision to amend Marketing Order No. 923 regulating sweet cherries produced in designated counties in Washington State. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 5/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 5/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is accepting written comments on a petition to revise the U.S. Standards for Grades of Kale. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Oct 7/04 - SNS -- Italian strawberry production is not expected to exceed 85,000 metric tons (MT) this year, down from 86,000 MT last year and 90,000 MT in 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Oct 7/04 - SNS -- Freestone and cling peach production in Greece will total an estimated 780,000 metric tons (MT) this year, up from just 105,000 MT in 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SANTIAGO - Oct 7/04 - SNS -- A stable supply situation for canned peaches is expected to result in little change in exports by Chilean processors, with shipments in the coming season expected to be unchanged at a projected 52,000 metric tons (MT), while imports slip from 1,452 to 1,000 MT. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 12/04 - SNS -- Winter potato production for 2004 is revised to 4.82 million cwt, up 38% from the April forecast and 20% above 2003, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 12/04 - SNS -- Apple production in the United States was pegged at 9.46 billion pounds, up 1% from the August 1 forecast and 10% above 2003, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 12/04 - SNS -- The U.S. all orange initial forecast for the 2004-05 season is 10.3 million tons, down 20% from last season's utilization, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 12/04 - SNS -- U.S. grape production is expected to total 6.07 million tons, down 5% from the August 1 forecast and 8% below 2003, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 12/04 - SNS -- Hawaii fresh papaya utilization is estimated at 2.72 million pounds for September, up 1% from last month but 10% lower than a year ago, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 12/04 - SNS -- Total citrus fruit production is off sharply in the United States on account of extensive damage caused to Florida's crops by the four hurricanes that swept across the state in August and September, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 13/04 - SNS -- The USDA intends to buy up to 20 million pounds of sweet potatoes for use by domestic child nutrition and other food assistance programs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 13/04 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service approved an increase in the mandatory assessment under the Mushroom Promotion, Research and Consumer Information Program. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - Oct 15/04 - SNS -- Grape production in Australia rose sharply this year, jumping from 1.5 million metric tons (MT) in 2003 to a preliminary estimate of just over 2 million MT this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA - All Potato - Average Values 1997-2002 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA - Taro - Average Values 1997-2002 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA - Sweet Potato - Average Values 1997-2002 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Oct 19/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 19/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 19/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 19/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW DELHI - Oct 20/04 - SNS -- India's government removed onions from the list of essential commodities because production and availability has been satisfactory during the past five years. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WARSAW - Oct 20/04 - SNS -- Strawberry production in Poland jumped 39% this year to an estimated 181,000 metric tons (MT) from 48,000 hectares. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MEXICO CITY - Oct 20/04 - SNS -- Fresh strawberry production is expected to slip slightly this year in Mexico to around 135,000 metric tons (MT) as a result of poor weather conditions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Oct 20/04 - SNS -- This year's pear harvest is up 14%, climbing from 872,400 metric tons (MT) in 2003 to 992,000 this year -- roughly 10% above average. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BERLIN - Oct 20/04 - SNS -- German imports of sweet corn have decline this year, despite the fact the country does not grow commercial quantities of the crop. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Oct 20/04 - SNS -- Fresh apple production in Italy is forecast at 2.106 million metric tons (MT) this year, up 12% from the 1.877 million MT produced in 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Oct 20/04 - SNS -- Table grape production in Italy has advanced from table grape output jumps from 1.55 million in 2003 to 1.64 million metric tons (MT) this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 21/04 - SNS -- The USDA plans to buy up to 27 million pounds of cranberries and cranberry products for use in child nutrition and other domestic food assistance programs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 22/04 - SNS -- Supplies of frozen vegetables and potatoes in cold storage in the United States increased above month and year earlier levels during September, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 22/04 - SNS -- Fresh and frozen fruit stocks in cold storage in the United States were above year earlier levels in September, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 26/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 26/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 26/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 26/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BRUSSELS - Oct 27/04 - SNS -- The European Union will replace its quota system for banana imports with a duty of Euro 230 per metric ton (MT) in 2006. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA -Oct 28/04 - SNS -- Area sown to pumpkin, squash and zucchini between 1986 and 2001 more than doubled in Canada, making them the nation's seventh most important vegetable crop, according to Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Oct 29/04 - SNS -- The USDA is looking at changes to grade standards for sweet potato, watermelon and canned pears and requesting comments from interested parties. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about Potato Prices Received by U.S. Farmers, Oct 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about Fruit Prices Received by U.S. Farmers, Oct 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about Vegetable Prices Received by U.S. Farmers, Oct 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about Citrus Prices Received by U.S. Farmers, Oct 2004 . . . Subscribers Only

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