Overview of the upcoming mexican lime season, complemented by charts from Agronometrics. Original published in ProduceBlueBook.com on January 15, 2020 Mexican lime growers face the dual threats of lower quality and volume combined with weaker demand. According to Cesar Cortes Bello, the President of the Persian Lime Product System, the start of 2021 will present difficulties for producers and packers of tropical fruits and avocados. Cortes stressed that “exports in January and part of February will be very slow, [and] we must prepare for March and April as shortages are expected,” as reported by El Heraldo. Strong floods in the South-Southeast of the country affected the production in its quality, as well as a small shortage in the center of the country in the aforementioned months, Cortes says. Volumes (in KG) of limes from Mexico in the US Market Source: USDA Market News via Agronometrics . (Agronometrics users can view this chart with live updates here ) Because of
This story deviates from our normal editorial line to pay homage to a friend of Agronometrics. Alejandro was a customer of Agronometrics and one of the people who was truly passionate about the industry as well as the insights that could be gained from data. Reading the obituary bellow made me reflect on the many extended conversations we had about the industry and the different developments that were shaping the global blueberry markets. Thanks to these conversations several improvements to the service came into existence and will live on for the benefit of the industry. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family. Colin Fain Original published in Spanish by the Asociacion de Productores de Arándanos de la Mesopotamia Argentina (APAMA) www.amapa.com on December 01, 2020 Access the original article with this ( Link ) Alejandro Narvaja was an innovative leader in developing and using data from the blueberry industry to educate growers, exporters and the blueberry industry. For nea