Despite Record Winter Tomato Prices, Florida Tomato Exchange Pushed Dubious Claim of Price Suppression
-Tomato Segment Stakeholders Respond to Florida’s Fantastical Appeal for Protectionist Policies (Nogales, AZ) - During a recent winter tomato season characterized by poor weather, very limited shipments, and record pricing of $40-plus per carton, Florida’s tomato sector nonetheless continued to claim that “U.S. growers’ prices are being suppressed.” In a submission to the U.S. Department [...]