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Farmers in eastern Mexico have seen their orange and lemon trees die, damage they attribute to "fracking" for natural gas extraction. Now, farmers and experts are concerned about President Claudia Sheinbaum's government's intention to deepen this practice. Stay up to date with the news that matters to you! The president announced last week the creation of a committee of experts with the mission to analyze techniques for exploring natural gas through hydraulic fracturing. With this measure, the government of the left-wing president is trying to reduce the high dependency on U.S. gas, which accounts for 70% of consumption in Mexico. Sheinbaum's announcement represents a shift in the policy of her predecessor and political godfather, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (2018-2024), who categorically opposed this controversial hydrocarbon extraction technique. "Fracking" consists of extracting gas and oil from underground rock formations. It is questioned for the large volume of water it ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is revising the United States Standards for Grades of Lemons, at the industry’s request, to align with current marketing trends and provide the industry with uniformity when marketing seedless lemons. AMS is adding a definition to the United States Standards for Grades of Lemons (as a stand-alone requirement not affecting grade) for the term “seedless” stating that “when marked ‘seedless,’ a 100-count sample shall have not more than six fruit (or 6%) containing seeds (irrespective of number or development per fruit). Seeds include fully developed and undeveloped seeds (or pips).” In addition, marking requirements for lemons meeting the seedless definition are being incorporated into the standard – also separately from the ...

According to the latest report from the Foreign Agricultural Service of the US Department of Agriculture, although some regions in the Western Hemisphere are seeing an increase in the production of lemons and limes, this will not be enough to fully compensate for the losses in Europe and the Middle East, reports EastFruit. Production forecasts: The story of two hemispheres In the 2025/26 marketing year, a reduction in global production of fresh lemons and limes is forecast by more than 700,000 tons, bringing the total to 10.1 million metric tons. This decline is largely due to lower yields in the European Union and Turkey, where adverse weather conditions and environmental pressure have caused serious damage. Turkey has faced a sharp reduction in lemon and lime yields due to severe frosts and extreme weather conditions during critical growth periods. The country's crop is forecast to decrease by 36% to 1.1 million tons due to damage caused by spring frosts. Meanwhile, the European ...