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1. Value-added category continues to grow

   Aug 16, 2010 | Packer

   The popularity of avocados has spilled into the value-added category, with more consumers than ever picking up premade guacamole and other avocado products.

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   Related Topix: Life, Food, Avocado, Marketing, Saginaw, TX, Recipes

2. Avocado demand, prices soar w/Photo

   Mar 20, 2013 | Packer

   Rising demand for hass avocados, weather-related sizing issues in California and a dip in Mexican production kept shipping prices around $30 per two-layer carton in mid-March. "Mexican growers felt they were under-pricing the market," said Bob Lucy, partner in Fallbrook, Calif.-based Del Rey Avocado Co.

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3. Green-skinned avocados claim their own niche

   Aug 16, 2010 | Packer

   About 96% of the avocados sold in the U.S. are the hass variety, according to the Irvine, Calif.-based Hass Avocado Board.

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   Related Topix: Life, Food, Avocado, Irvine, CA, Marketing, Fullerton, CA

4. Avocado demand, prices soar w/Photo

   Mar 20, 2013 | thepacker.com

   Rising demand for hass avocados, weather-related sizing issues in California and a dip in Mexican production kept shipping prices around $30 per two-layer carton in mid-March. "Mexican growers felt they were under-pricing the market," said Bob Lucy, partner in Fallbrook, Calif.-based Del Rey Avocado Co.

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   Related Topix: Life, Food, Avocado, Marketing, Agriculture, Science

5. Calavo launches online platform

   Mar 14, 2013 | thepacker.com

   Calavo Growers Inc. has created an online platform that connects sellers and buyers of fresh fruits and vegetables and other fresh foods.

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6. Tomato, avocado markets boost Calavo results

   Mar 6, 2013 | Packer

   Imports via boat. Movement expected to be about the same. Port of entry: Philadelphia.

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   Related Topix: Life, Food, Avocado

7. Grower- packers experience difficulty with labor availability w/Photo

   Mar 1, 2013 | Packer

   Imports via boat. Movement expected to be about the same. Port of entry: Philadelphia.

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   Related Topix: Nogales, AZ, Life, Fruits, Food

8. California Avocado Commision offers rebate

   Mar 1, 2013 | Packer

   The Irvine-based commodity group is offering up to a $300 rebate to California avocado growers who complete a good agricultural practices audit and receive GAP certification.

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   Related Topix: Life, Food, Avocado, Agriculture, Science, Marketing, Escondido, CA, Bloomington, CA

9. Avocado marketing reaches many different consumers w/Photo

   Feb 28, 2013 | Packer

   Avocado consumers come in many different forms, from those who shop for larger fruit to those who seek bargain prices to those who shop for them nearly daily and make volume purchases.

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   Related Topix: Life, Food, Avocado, Marketing, Fruits, Murrieta, CA

10. Limoneira offers 1.8 million shares w/Photo

    Feb 19, 2013 | Packer

    Movement expected about the same. Available supplies very light and in too few hands to establish a market.

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    Related Topix: Nogales, AZ

11. Citrus popular among export buyers

    Oct 12, 2012 | Packer

    Movement expected to increase. Trading fairly slow. Prices lower. Includes palletizing and cooling.

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    Related Topix: Oxnard, CA, Orange Cove, CA, Life, Fruits, Food, Parlier, CA

12. With big Mexican crop, Chilean avocado exports plummet w/Photo

    Dec 20, 2012 | Packer

    Movement expected about the same. Trading 8s slow, others active. Prices 8s generally unchanged, others higher.

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    Related Topix: Life, Food, Avocado, Agriculture, Science, Fallbrook, CA

13. With big Mexican crop, Chilean avocado exports plummet w/Photo

    Dec 20, 2012 | Packer

    Because of the size of the Mexican crop, Calavo Growers Inc., Santa Paula, Calif., isn't even importing avocados from Chile this season, said Rob Wedin, vice president of sales and fresh marketing.

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    Related Topix: Life, Food, Avocado, Agriculture, Science, Fallbrook, CA