As of August 21, 2025, producers in California were halfway through their processing tomato harvest and expecting gains in coming weeks. The state’s Processing Tomato Advisory Board (PTAB) recorded 846,707 tonnes in deliveries in the just ended 8th harvest week. By the 9th week on August 28, deliveries will apparently hit 845,278 tonnes, bringing the provisional tally to 5,300,269 tonnes. This estimate indicates the...
Coffees from Peru refresh nearly half the world in a year
In 2024, Peru dispatched its conventional and organic coffees to 91 international markets, reports the National Agrarian Health Service (Senasa). According to Gestion, 193,212 tonnes of Senasa-certified green coffee permeated over 60 world markets. Four traditional powerhouse destinations, namely the U.S., Germany, Belgium and Canada amassed 63.1% of all dispatches. Leading the production kill were four Andean provinces, whose volumes helped...
U-pick flowers season happening in Michigan at competitive rates
As the u-pick season in Michigan heats up, families are visiting greenhouses and fields to harvest summer flowers at accessible rates. Given Michigan’s status as the second most agriculturally diverse and third biggest floriculture state, pickers expect quality blooms. This is true of Novi-based MSU Tollgate Farm & Education Center, which is training harvesters on quality selection and pruning. While...
Atlantic lobster landings down 37.8% y-t-d in 2025
The 2025 summer was lackluster for Atlantic lobster, especially in Maine where landings declined annually by 37.8%, January through July. Data by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) via Expana Markets shows January-July catches in Maine reached 15.5 million pounds. This lowest quantity since 2012 is not getting relief either by imports or exports in the United States’ context. Even though...
A Serbia raspberry hub takes climate toll in its stride
Before reigning climate vagaries, the majestic mountains-fronting Sumadija and Western Serbia region has been the raspberry capital of the Balkans. Here, cities like Arilje mushroomed and turned mega in the 1970s due to the boom of the red raspberry variety. Mainly frozen and semi-processed fruits have historically helped make Serbia a major exporter of the berry. According to the 3rd International...
Raw cane sugar gets a brief price break
Traded sugar in the United States and the UK posted slim price gains on August 19, 2025, with raw cane futures up 0.37%, day-on-day. The brief rally followed cane yield fall news in Brazil. Mirroring New York’s raw cane sugar or #11 was London’s white sugar or #5, which edged up 0.23% on the 19th. Even though #11 gained $0.06 day-on-day, it...
Cocoa farmers in Ghana go slow on new 2025-26 price
Farmers in Ghana are half-heartedly acclimatizing to new farm-gate cocoa rates despite receiving a 4% annual raise for the 2025-26 season. The Cocoa Board of Ghana (Cocobod) announced the price at 51,660 cedi ($4,784) a tonne on August 4 amid high expectations. But the positive welcome soured, as new nominal price of 3,228 cedi ($294.72) per 64 kg falls below producers’ cost net. By...
Kharif crop area in India expands 4% annually in 2025
India’s 2025 sowed kharif (spring) crop area has increased to 103,981,000 hectares (ha), up 4% year-on-year (y-o-y). According to an August 15, 2025 release by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, 2025 has 3,739,000 ha above 2024’s. Coarse cereals registered robust plantings at 18,234,000 ha, a modest yearly growth by 912,000 ha. Maize drove these slim gains with some 982,000-ha area...
The Tasmania salmon fishery on notice after suspended marine expansion
Salmon fishers, industry reps and stakeholders are circumnavigating around a decision to stop expanding the Tasmania marine fishery for surveying reasons. An August 17, 2025 the government of the south Australia state paused further offshore fishing expansions to undertake fish mortality studies. Apparently, over 3 million salmon died in summer 2024 in coastal Tasmania from Piscirickettsia salmonis bacteria, per the Bob Brown Foundation. For...
Florida juices oranges happily after FDA’s sugar cut proposal
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s proposal to reduce fruit sugar content in pasteurized juices has garnered praise in Florida. A Federal Register report, revised on August 14, 2025, proposes to bring pasteurized orange juice sweetness from 10.5º to 10º Brix. The change will mandate processors to feature 17 grams (g) of sugar derived from oranges in each 8-oz measure, down from...