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September 23, 2022
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September 13, 2022
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August 3, 2022
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Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.
August 4, 2022
A worker selects avocados at a packing plant in Uruapan, Mexico, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022.
Supply Chain
Another Mexican State Gets OK for Avocado Exports
Growers hope the move will provide more price stability for the fruit.
July 29, 2022
A worker selects avocados at a packing plant in Uruapan, Mexico on Feb. 16, 2022.
Supply Chain
US Ends Ban on Mexico Avocado Exports
The suspension of inspections had threatened Mexico's $3 billion annual exports and raised the possibility of U.S. price increases.
February 18, 2022
A worker stacks crates of avocados at a packing plant in Uruapan, Mexico on Feb. 16, 2022.
Supply Chain
Mexico's Avocado Industry Facing Fallout from Violence, Deforestation
So far, the association of Mexican avocado producers and packers has taken little action to solve the problems.
February 16, 2022
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Mexico's President Claims Conspiracy Behind Avocado Ban
He said producers who wanted to compete with Mexican products, or political factors, played a role in the decision.
February 14, 2022
Recently harvested avocados at an orchard near Ziracuaretiro, Michoacan state, Mexico, Oct. 1, 2019. Mexico has acknowledged late Saturday, Feb. 13, 20222, that the U.S. government has suspended all imports of Mexican avocados after a U.S. plant safety inspector in Mexico received a threat.
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Why the U.S. Suspended Mexican Avocado Imports on Eve of Super Bowl
The surprise, temporary suspension was confirmed late Saturday.
February 14, 2022
A retaining pond sits amid an avocado plantation bordering a pine forest in the Indigenous township of Cheran, Michoacan state, Mexico on Jan. 20, 2022.
Supply Chain
Mexican Town Protects Forest from Avocado Growers, Cartels
Other towns, bullied by growers and drug cartel gunmen, struggle on but are often cowed by violence.
January 28, 2022
Pedestrians, some wearing protective face masks, walk through a street market in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 25.
Supply Chain
Latin America's Food Markets Fueling Virus Spread
The region's iconic covered food market are a near-perfect setting for spreading the disease.
June 29, 2020