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

WASHINGTON - Jun 1/05 - SNS -- Tomato production in Turkey is expected to reach 9.5 million metric tons (MT) of both table and industrial output, down 100,000 MT from last year and down 300,000 MT from 2003. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 1/045 - SNS -- Italian production of tomatoes for processing is expected to drop 17% to a projected 5.2 million metric tons (MT) this year on the basis of lower planted area. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Jun 3/05 - 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 - Jun 3/05 - 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 - Jun 7/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 7/05 - SNS -- Asparagus production will likely decline somewhat in Greece this year, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country, from an estimated 22,000 metric tons (MT) in 2004 to a projected 21,000 MT this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 8/05 - SNS -- Stone fruit production in Japan is expected to be up this year despite cold weather, but the outlook for 2006 is not as good, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 8/05 - SNS -- Greece is looking to deliberately reduce the size of its industrial tomato harvest this year after growing 2,047,000 metric tons (MT)of table and industrial tomatoes last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/05 - SNS -- The U.S. all orange June 1 forecast for the 2004-05 season is 9.19 million tons, unchanged from the May 1 forecast but 29% below last season's final utilization, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/05 - SNS -- Production of Bartlett pears in California, Oregon, and Washington is forecast at 437,000 tons, down 5% from last year and 4% below 2003, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/05 - SNS -- California is looking for a massive recovery in prune production this year, though the state's apricot harvest will likely be down from last year, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/05 - SNS -- The 2005 sweet cherry production for California, Oregon, and Washington is forecast at 200,000 tons, down 20% from 2004 and 11% below 2003, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/05 - SNS -- The 2005 peach crop in California, Georgia, and South Carolina is forecast at 1.05 million tons, down 2% from 2004 and 1% below two years ago, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/05 - SNS -- Hawaii fresh papaya utilization is estimated at 2.22 million pounds for May, 11% lower than last month and 10% less than a year ago, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/05 - SNS -- This season's citrus fruit production estimates remain well down in the United States on account of poor orange and grapefruit harvests , according to the latest USDA crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/05 - SNS -- Last year's sweet potato harvest in the United States was revised to 16.1 million cwt (100 pound units), down 2% from the annual estimate made in January but up 1% from 2003, according to the latest USDA crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Jun 10/05 - 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 - Jun 10/05 - 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 - Jun 13/05 - SNS -- Chiquita Brands International, Inc. said banana prices received were higher in Europe in April and May but mainly unchanged in North America and lower in Asia. . . . Continue or visitors click here

VANCOUVER - Jun 13/05 - SNS -- Canada's primary advantage over competitors in the United States is in its use of technology, argues Statistics Canada in a review of the sector published earlier this year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 14/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Fall Potato Stocks by State - June 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Jun 15/05 - SNS -- Potato stocks in the 15 major potato States started the month 11% above year earlier levels at 51.0 million cwt (100 pound units), according to the USDA stocks estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Fall Potatoes Kept for Seed - June 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Fall Potato Stocks and Disposition by State - June 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Fall Potato Farm Marketings by State - June 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Potatoes Used for Processing - June 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Jun 15/05 - SNS -- Peru expects to harvest 200,000 metric tons (MT) of asparagus in 2006, up from 196,000 this year and an estimated 190,142 MT in 2004. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SACRAMENTO - Jun 15/05 - SNS -- California's apricot harvest will be smaller than initially expected, according to the California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF). . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 16/05 - SNS -- Mexico's asparagus production is expected to increase 10.5% this year to a forecast 58,000 metric tons (MT) due to good weather conditions in regions devoted to asparagus production. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 16/05 - SNS -- Long term increases in tomato production levels in France are expected to remain intact during the coming season, reflecting the fact most of the country's crop is grown in greenhouses. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 16/05 - SNS -- Asparagus production is expected to remain relatively high in China again this year, with the result the country will remain an intense competitor on world processed asparagus markets. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Jun 17/05 - 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 - Jun 17/05 - 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 - Jun 20/05 - SNS - The USDA is asking for comments on a petition to revise the U.S. Standards for Grades of Dewberries and Blackberries. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 20/05 - SNS -- The USDA has revised U.S. Standards for Grades of Kale. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 21/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 21/05 - SNS -- The USDA withdrew its proposal to revise the U.S. Standards for Grades of Snap Beans. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 21/05 - SNS -- The USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is reopening and extending the comment period and soliciting comments on the proposed revision of the voluntary United States Standards for Grades of Persian (Tahiti) Limes. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Apples in Cold Storage April 30, 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Jun 22/05 - SNS -- Inventories of frozen fruit were down 7% from year earlier levels at the end of May, and down 4% from month earlier levels, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 22/05 - SNS -- Frozen vegetable supplies dropped 7% during May to finish the month at almost 1,489 million pounds, up 8% from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 23/05 - SNS -- U.S. sweet cherry production is forecast at 226,550 tons, down 20% from 2004 and 8% below 2003, according to the USDA. Beginning with this 2005 forecast, Pennsylvania is no longer in the sweet cherry estimating program. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 23/05 - SNS -- Tart cherry production in the United States is up 15% over last year at a projected 244 million pounds, according to the USDA, which noted that production in Colorado is no longer included in national estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - Jun 23/05 - MFB -- A mix of early-season frost and mid- to late-season heat and dryness has led to the worst Michigan asparagus crop in 24 years. To make matters worse, Michigan farmers who produce asparagus for the frozen and canned food market a re receiving prices that are down between 20% and 25% from last year. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 23/05 - SNS -- Potato prices in the United States remain at relatively depressed levels, but several initiatives have combined with some good luck to improve the market situation, notes Gary Lucier and Alberto Jerardo in the June edition of the USDA Economic Research Service's Vegetables and Melons Outlook. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Jun 24/05 - 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 - Jun 24/05 - 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 - Jun 26/05 - SNS -- Orange production in Brazil is expected to decline this year, falling 60 million boxes to a forecast 407 million boxes. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 26/05 - SNS -- Efforts to reduce tomato inventories in Spain and Portugal are expected to result in a massive increase in tomato product exports in 2005-06, reports the U.S. agricultural attache for the region. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 28/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Monthly Average Sweet Potato Prices -- May 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Average Citrus Grower Prices -- June 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Average Fruit & Vegetable Grower Prices -- June 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Average Potato Grower Prices -- June 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA Sweet Potato Seeded Area Summary - June 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA Summer Potato Seeded Area Summary - June 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/05 - SNS -- Summer potato growers in the United States planted an estimated 51,100 acres of potatoes this year, down 13% from last year and 19% below two years ago, according to the USDA seeded area estimates for 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/05 - SNS -- U.S. planted area of sweet potatoes is estimated at 92,300 acres for the 2005 season, down 5% from last year and 4% below two years ago, according to the USDA seeded area estimates for 2005. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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