WASHINGTON - Jan 2/04 - SNS -- Papaya orchards need to be consistently replanted to maintain yields, but traditional methods are costly because large numbers of seedlings need to be culled. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SANTIAGO - Jan 5/04 - SNS -- Chilean production of apple and apple juice is expected to be up in 2004; while output of pears should be unchanged and grapes decline because of unfavorable in some production areas. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 6/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 6/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 6/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 6/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 6/04 - SNS -- Blackberry producers and processors in Oregon and Washington are being asked to comment on a proposed marketing order for the crop which would give the right to the USDA to set sales quotas and assess a market development checkoff. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 6/04 - SNS -- First handlers and importers have voted to approve a checkoff on mangos to fund a national promotion program. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Jan 7/04 - SNS -- Italy harvested an average size grape crop in 2003, but production of apples and pears dropped 5% and 8% respectively from the previous year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Jan 7/04 - SNS -- Poor growing conditions slashed 2003 apple production in Greece 30% from 235,000 to 170,000 metric tons(MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 8/04 - SNS -- USDA researchers have confirmed eggplants contain high levels of chlorogenic acid, one of the most powerful antioxidants produced in plant tissues and one which may protect the body's cells against oxidative damage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 8/04 - SNS -- Fresh market vegetable seedings for the winter quarter are expected to rise 1% above last year, but at 181,400 acres it will remain below levels reached in 2002, says the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BEIJING - Jan 9/04 - SNS -- Asparagus production appears to be maintaining an upward tendency in China, with a substantial share of each year's output destined for export markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- The USDA cut the estimated size of this season's orange harvest in the United States 1% from December to 13.5 million. However, the total remains 17% above last season's final utilization. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- This season's winter potato harvest in the United States is expected to drop to 3.84 million cwt (100 pound units), down 5% from a year ago and 9% below 2002, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Hawaii fresh papaya utilization is estimated at 3.01 million pounds for December, 5% lower than last month and 20% below a year ago, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Citrus fruit production in the United States is up slightly from last year, with gains in tangerine, temples and grapefruit offsetting declines in lemon and tangelo output. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Hawaii ginger root production for the 2002-03 season is revised to 6.00 million pounds, down 19% from the previous estimate and 58% below the previous season, according to the USDA's final crop production report for the 2003 growing season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Hawaii taro production for crop year 2003 is estimated at 5.00 million pounds, down 18% from last year, according to the USDA's final crop production report for the 2003 growing season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- U.S. Production of sweet potatoes in 2003 is estimated at 15.9 million cwt, up 24% from last season and 9% above 2001 for comparable states, according to the USDA's final crop production report for the 2003 growing season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 12/04 - SNS -- Total 2003 U.S. potato production from all four seasons is estimated at 459 million cwt (100 pound units), virtually unchanged from 2002 but 5% above 200, according to the USDA's final crop production report for the 2003 growing season. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 13/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 13/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 13/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 13/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

CANBERRA - Jan 15/04 - SNS -- Australia's wine industry is looking at a significant increase in grape production, with the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) forecasting a 28% jump in production to 1.81 million metric tons (MT). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 15/04 - SNS -- Supplies of potatoes in the United States started the year 1% above the previous year at 234 million cwt (100 pound units) in the 15 major producing states, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

OTTAWA - Jan 16/04 - SNS -- Canadian potato production posted a solid increase over the previous two years in 2003, totalling 5.34 million metric tons (MT), according to the latest data available from Statistics Canada. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 21/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 21/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 21/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 21/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 21/04 - SNS -- Fresh and frozen fruit inventories in cold storage in the United States finished 2003 down from previous year levels, according to the latest USDA stocks numbers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 21/04 - SNS -- Frozen vegetable inventories finished 2003 2,125 million pounds, up 2% from year earlier levels; while supplies of french fries and frozen potatoes slipped 1% to 1,120 million pounds. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - Jan 21/04 - SNS -- Italian kiwi production slipped 7% in 2003 to an estimated 353,000 metric tons (MT) on count of spring frosts, which reduced the size of the fruits in some of the main producing regions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

MADRID - Jan 21/04 - SNS -- Demand for imported kiwi fruit is growing in Spain, as local production continues to lag behind advancing demand. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 23/04 - SNS -- The USDA now reckons utilized apple production in the United States in 2003 totalled 8.90 billion pounds, up 6% from the 2002 level. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 23/04 - SNS -- Utilized peach production in 2003 is estimated at 2.41 billion pounds, 2% below the previous year but 3% above 2001, according to the latest USDA data. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 23/04 - SNS -- Utilized pear production for 2003, at 921,450 tons, is up 6% from the previous year, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 23/04 - SNS -- Utilized grape production for 2003 totaled 6.32 million tons, down 14% from the 2002 crop, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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VIENNA - Jan 23/04 - SNS -- Bosnia and Herzegovina cover most of their wine needs through imports, which climbed from 72,060 hectoliters (hl) in 2001 to 86,690 in 2002. . . . Continue or visitors click here

RENO - Jan 25/04 - SNS -- An experimental winery has been opened by the The University of Nevada’s College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources and the Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station, with the first public tasting of the region's offerings taking place at the end of the month. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 27/04 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 27/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly fruit market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 27/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly vegetable market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jan 27/04 - SNS -- The latest weekly onion and potato market trend report was released by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

PARIS - Jan 27/04 - SNS -- France's kiwi harvest jumped 10% to 80,000 metric tons (MT) in 2003, though the drought and heat wave resulted in smaller fruit. . . . Continue or visitors click here

BUENOS AIRES - Jan 27/04 - SNS -- Argentina is looking at a 15% smaller fresh deciduous fruit crop than during 2003 because of unfavorable weather conditions in the main producing regions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Jan 29/04 - SNS -- Fresh vegetable production in the United States experienced a slight, 1% reduction in 2003, according to the USDA, as production of the top 24 crops reached 463 million hundredweight (100 pound units). . . . Continue or visitors click here

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WASHINGTON - Jan 29/04 - SNS -- Processing vegetable production dropped 8% last year for the leading eight vegetables produced in the United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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