Washington, DC
March 22, 2007
The Fruit and Vegetable Market
News Service of USDA’s
Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has partnered with a
leading industry association to assist it in generating
composite reports for association members and other interested
parties.
The California Strawberry Commission has teamed with AMS to
provide the National Berry Report to market participants. The
AMS Market News staff tracks the volume of movement and market
prices for strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and other
berries on a daily basis, making the information available on
its Market News Portal and the Market News Web site.
Strawberry commission officials will collect the market
information from the portal and generate the National Berry
Report, and post it on their Web site --
www.calstrawberry.com/members/nationalberryrport.asp -- free
of charge to interested parties. AMS had previously limited its
composite market reports to shift its resources to report
additional markets.
AMS is also working with the National Watermelon Board to create
a similar composite report for watermelons for the next season.
In addition, the agency has met with the Fresh Produce
Association of the Americas concerning its interest in ensuring
the availability of the composite Tomato Fax Report.
For more information about the Market News Portal, contact Fred
Teensma at (510) 637-1815 or
fred.teensma@usda.gov.
For more information about the
services of AMS’s Fruit and Vegetable Market News, contact Terry
Long at (202) 720-2175 or
terry.long@usda.gov. |
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