date:Oct 18, 2021
gistics costs) and recent climate disasters, notably Hurricanes Dolores and Nora that have impacted production areas and generated loss of fruit and additional unexpected costs.
In turn, those higher production costs on smaller yields per hectare are playing out in pricing. Even with higher spot market prices, growers dont always get to take advantage of the better prices because of contract pricing. The field price for organic bananas has dropped 20 percent over the last few years even as the