WASHINGTON - May 3/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - May 6/05 - 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 - May 6/05 - 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 - May 10/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

SYDNEY - May 10/05 - SNS -- Nutritional, health and therapeutic claims for some ingredients in fruit juices being sold at juice bars and other establishments will be targeted by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), says its Chairman, Graeme Samuel. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 12/05 - SNS -- The California 2005 peach crop is forecast at 920,000 tons, down 3% from both last year and the 2003 crop, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 12/05 - SNS -- Guava and taro production rose in Hawaii in 2004, but papaya output declined for a net drop in tropical fruit output in the state, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 12/05 - SNS -- The U.S. all orange May 1 forecast for the 2004-05 season is 9.19 million tons, unchanged from the April 1 forecast but 29% below last season's final utilization, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 12/05 - SNS -- Hawaii fresh papaya utilization is estimated at 2.50 million pounds for April, 8% higher than last month but 5% less than a year ago, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 12/05 - SNS -- Spring production in the United States this year is forecast at 18.1 million cwt, up 1% from the April forecast but 20% below last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 12/05 - SNS -- The USDA left last month's citrus fruit production estimates unchanged, with the result production will remain well below last year's levels in its latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - May 12/05 - MFB -- Michigan's fruit crop sustained surprisingly little damage when freezing temperatures gripped the region April 28, and again May 3 and 4. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - May 13/05 - 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 - May 13/05 - 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

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

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

WASHINGTON - May 16/05 - SNS -- Potato stocks in the 15 major producing states in then U.S. stood at 87.0 million cwt (100 pound units) as of May 1, 2005, up 2% from last year and 5% above May 1, 2003, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Fall Potato Production and Stocks - May 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - May 17/05 - SNS -- The USDA will buy up to 80 million pounds of frozen and dehydrated potatoes to be donated to child nutrition and other domestic food assistance programs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 17/05 - SNS -- The USDA will buy up to 7 million pounds of frozen and canned asparagus to be donated to child nutrition and other domestic food assistance programs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 17/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 17/05 - SNS -- Fresh tomato production in China is expected to rise 2% in 2005-06, rising from 34.1 million to 34.9 million metric tons (MT), according to the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 18/05 - SNS -- The USDA named 18 members to serve on the newly established National Mango Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 18/05 - SNS -- USDA researchers remain impressed with the capabilities of the potato variety developed in 1990 by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) potato breeder Joseph J. Pavek, formerly at the ARS Small Grains and Potato GermplasmResearch Laboratory in Aberdeen, Idaho, and now retired. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 19/05 - SNS -- Seven of nine amendments to the Irish potato marketing order passed in the recent referendum, says the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

LANSING - May 19/05 - MFB -- As hoped, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has agreed to buy canned and frozen asparagus for child nutrition and other domestic food assistance programs, and Michigan's asparagus industry is well poised to fill theorder. . . . Continue or visitors click here

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

WASHINGTON - May 20/05 - SNS -- Inventories of frozen fruit were little changed from year earlier levels at the end of April, 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 - May 20/05 - SNS -- Frozen vegetable supplies dropped 9% during April to finish the month at almost 1,609 million pounds, up 10% from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - May 20/05 - 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 - May 20/05 - 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 - May 23/05 - SNS -- The USDA appointed Carol Steed as an alternate producer member of the Hass Avocado Board. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 23/05 - SNS -- Good weather conditions should help lift Argentine citrus production 4% above last season to around 2.67 million metric tons (MT) this year, according to a recent report from the U.S. agricultural attache for the country. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 24/05 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - May 27/05 - 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 - May 27/05 - 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

A table about Vegetable Prices Received by U.S. Farmers - May 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about Potato Prices Received by U.S. Farmers - May 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about Citrus Prices Received by U.S. Farmers - May 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about Fruit Prices Received by U.S. Farmers - May 2005 . . . Subscribers Only

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