WASHINGTON - May 2/06 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

ROME - May 3/06 - SNS -- Plant breeders are losing important sources of genetic material because of the continuing disappearance of exotic and wold banana species, warns the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - May 5/06 - 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 5/06 - 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 9/06 - SNS -- The USDA plans to buy up to 2 million pounds of canned and 2 million pounds of frozen asparagus, to be donated to child nutrition and other domestic food assistance programs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 9/06 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 9/06 - SNS -- Total citrus fruit production in Spain ended up at 5.28 million metric tons (MT) in 2005-06, down from 5.878 million MT the previous season, according to recent government estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 12/06 - SNS -- Spring potato production in the United States this year is forecast at 20.6 million cwt (100 pound units), up 3% from the April forecast and 10% above last year, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 12/06 - SNS -- With the exception of oranges, production of other types of citrus grown in the United States is larger than initially expected, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 12/06 - SNS -- The U.S. all orange forecast for the 2005-06 season is 8.96 million tons, unchanged from the April 1 forecast but 3% below last season's final utilization, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 12/06 - SNS -- Hawaii fresh papaya utilization is estimated at 1.89 million pounds for April, down 12% from last month and 30% lower than a year ago, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 12/06 - SNS -- Tropical fruit production in Hawaii generate mixed results in 2005, with output of bananas up, while guava output was unchanged and papaya and taro down, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 12/06 - SNS -- The California 2006 peach crop is forecast at 770,000 tons, down 11% from 2005 and 21% below two years ago, according to the USDA's latest crop production estimates. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - May 12/06 - 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 12/06 - 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 16/06 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 16/06 - SNS -- Potato inventories in the 13 major producing States totaled 73.0 million cwt (100 pound units) as of May 1, down 17% from last year and 14% below May 1, 2004, for comparable States, according to the USDA. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about USDA Fall Potato Stocks by State May 1, 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA Potatoes Used for Processing May 1, 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about USDA Fall Potato Farm Usage -- May 1, 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - May 18/06 - SNS -- Fresh tomato production in China is expected to reach 32.5 million metric tons (MT) in 2006-07 as vegetable growers respond to unusually strong markets for the commodity. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Apples in Cold Storage - April 30, 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

WASHINGTON - May 19/06 - SNS -- Frozen vegetable supplies fell 9% during April to finish the month at almost 1,564 million pounds, down 2% from the previous year, according to the USDA's latest report on agricultural products in cold storage. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 19/06 - SNS -- Frozen fruit supplies fell 4% during April to finish the month at almost 721 million pounds, up 2% 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 19/06 - 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 19/06 - 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 - May 23/06 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 25/06 - SNS -- The USDA has scheduled a continuance referendum for August 1 to 22, 2006, among eligible cultivated blueberry producers and importers. . . . Continue or visitors click here

NEW YORK - May 26/06 - 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 26/06 - 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 31/06 - SNS -- Fruit and vegetable shipments and exports were summarized by the USDA today. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 31/06 - SNS -- The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is amending its fruits and vegetables regulations to allow, under certain conditions, the importation of baby sweet corn and fresh baby carrots from Zambia into the continental United States. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 31/06 - SNS -- The USDA made two appointments to the 20-member National Mango Board. The appointees were nominated by the board to fill the wholesaler/retailer positions. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 31/06 - SNS -- The USDA plans to buy up to 1.5 million pounds of frozen red raspberry puree to be donated to child nutrition and other domestic food assistance programs. . . . Continue or visitors click here

WASHINGTON - May 31/06 - SNS -- The USDA is seeking comments on its proposed revisions to the U.S. Standards for Grades of Greenhouse Tomatoes. . . . Continue or visitors click here

A table about U.S. Grower Prices for Fruits - May 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Grower Prices for Citrus - May 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Grower Prices for Potatoes - May 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

A table about U.S. Grower Prices for Vegetables - May 2006 . . . Subscribers Only

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