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ProduceIQ: Markets bite into summer

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Significant increases in commodities such as raspberries, celery, and sweet corn are balancing the scale and steadying the index. Even with the continued hemorrhaging of cherry prices, average produce prices are flat over the prior week.

Stemilt breaks ground for automated pear packing line

- General News
Stemilt is digging for gold – if gold was a new pear packing line.

Pear Bureau Northwest and Tajin partner for National Cocktail Day

- General News
Pear Bureau Northwest (PBNW) and Tajin seasonings have partnered to create a fun new beverage recipe featuring fresh pears and ginger muddled together, with lime, vodka (suggested: habanero or chili infused vodka for an extra kick), honey syrup and Tajin’s liquid salsas.

Superfresh Growers to bring new pear to market in 2023

- General News
Superfresh Growers is marching into the New Year with the good times rolling as they release a new variety, Mardi Gras pear.

Pear Bureau Northwest to celebrate World Pear Day with events

- General News
Pear Bureau Northwest is announcing the 2022 celebration of its annual World Pear Day on December 3.

Stemilt breaks ground on automated pear packing line

- General News
A new pear line facility equipped with automated packing systems, defect sorting, and robotic palletizing will “pear” well with the way Stemilt grows pears.

Northwest pear season begins

- General News
Fall is in full swing, and fresh Pacific Northwest–grown USA Pears are available now in produce sections from coast to coast.

Pear Bureau Northwest projects normal-sized 2022 crop

- General News
With harvest underway throughout the four growing regions, Pear Bureau Northwest announces the first official estimate of the 2022-23 fresh pear crop for Washington and Oregon. The industry’s fresh pear estimate is 16.2 million standard box equivalents, which is on par with the five-year average.

Strella launches automated quality management platform for retailers

- General News
Strella, a freshness management company that builds technology to predict produce maturity has announced the launch of its automated quality management platform for retailers.

Organic pears look promising, volume increases, says Domex Superfresh Growers

- General News
The organic crop is looking to be up from last year, with most varieties seeing volume increases, says Domex Superfresh Growers.