WASHINGTON - Jun 3/08 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/08 - SNS -- Hawaii fresh papaya production is estimated at 2.62 million pounds for April 2008, up 4% from March and 7% higher than the comparable month a year ago, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/08 - SNS -- Production of Bartlett Pears in California, Oregon, and Washington is forecast at 382,000 tons, down 12% from last year and 11% below 2006, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/08 - SNS -- Sweet potato production for the 2007 crop year is revised to 18.1 million cwt (100 pound units), down 2% from the January Crop Production 2007 Summary but up 11% from 2006, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/08 - SNS -- The U.S. all orange forecast for the 2007-08 season is 10.1 million tons, unchanged from the May 1 forecast but 33% higher than the 2006-07 final utilization of 7.63 million tons, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/08 - SNS -- The 2008 peach crop in California, Georgia, and South Carolina is forecast at 910,000 tons, down 5% from 2007 but 12% above two years ago, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/08 - SNS -- The combined 2008 sweet cherry production for California, Oregon, and Washington is forecast at 221,000 tons, down 24% from 2007 and 17% below 2006, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/08 - SNS -- Production of apricots and prunes is up sharply in California this year, though the prune harvest will remain below levels achieved in 2006, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/08 - SNS -- Citrus fruit production in the United States is up slightly from earlier estimates on account of better than expected grapefruit and tangerine yields, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 10/08 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Fall Potato Inventory Data - June 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Jun 13/08 - SNS -- The 13 major potato States held 58.7 million cwt of potatoes in storage June 1, 2008, up 32% from a year ago and 41% above June 1, . . . Continue or visitors click here

ST. PAUL - Jun 16/08 - SNS -- Berry crops in southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities Metro area have survived the spring and will soon be ready to open for pick-your-own berry customers, with farms in the northern part of the state expected to be open one to two weeks later than their southern Minnesota counterparts. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - Jun 16/08 - SNS -- Chiquita Brands International, Inc. says there have been significant year-over-year increases in banana prices in all markets for April-May 2008 on flat and lower volumes in North America and Europe, respectively. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 17/08 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 19/08 - SNS -- Tart cherry production in the United States is expected to total 177 million pounds this year, 30% below the 2007 production and 33% below the production in 2006, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 19/08 - SNS -- Sweet cherry production in the United States is forecast at 249,580 tons, down 23% from 2007 and 15% below 2006, according to the USDA's latest production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 20/08 - SNS -- Frozen fruit supplies dropped 24 million pounds in May to finish the month at almost 842.5 million pounds, down 3% from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Apple Stocks by State - June 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Jun 20/08 - SNS -- Frozen vegetable supplies fell 7% during May to finish the month at almost 1,336 million pounds, up 153 million pounds from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 24/08 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Fresh Vegetable Bids - Jun 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Fresh Fruit Bids - Jun 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Sweet Potato Average Marketing Year Bids . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Citrus Fruit Grower Bids - Jun 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Potato Grower Bids - Jun 2008 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/08 - SNS -- American growers in the summer producing States planted an estimated 48,000 acres of potatoes this year, down 11% from last year and 17% below 2006, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - Jun 30/08 - SNS -- Planted area of sweet potatoes in the United States is estimated at 104,100 acres for the 2008 season, up 3% from last year, according to the USDA's seeded area estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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