Thread: Mexico crop loss 80 to 100 percent - INVOKE Force Majuere

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Mexico crop loss 80 to 100 percent
Growers invoke Force Majuere*

Here's an announcement to its customers that I'm told came directly from Sysco Foods.

ALL OF OUR GROWERS HAVE INVOKED THE ACT OF GOD CLAUSE ON OUR CONTRACTS (Force majuere) DUE TO THE FOLLOWING RELEASE. WE WILL BE CONTACTING YOU PERSONALLY TO REVIEW HOW THIS WILL AFFECT OUR CONTRACTED ITEMS WITH YOU GOING FORWARD.

THE DEVASTATING FREEZE IN MEXICO IS WORST FREEZE IN OVER 50 YEARS...

THE EXTREME FREEZING TEMPERATURES HIT A VERY BROAD SECTION OF MAJOR GROWING REGIONS IN MEXICO, FROM HERMOSILLO IN THE NORTH ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO LOS MOCHIS AND EVEN SOUTH OF CULIACAN. THE EARLY REPORTS ARE STILL COMING IN BUT MOST ARE SHOWING LOSSES OF CROPS IN THE RANGE OF 80 TO 100%.

EVEN SHADE HOUSE PRODUCT WAS HIT BY THE EXTREMELY COLD TEMPS. IT WILL TAKE 7-10 DAYS TO HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE FROM GROWERS AND FIELD SUPERVISORS, BUT THESE GROWING REGIONS HAVEN'T HAD COLD LIKE THIS IN OVER A HALF CENTURY.

THIS TIME OF YEAR, MEXICO SUPPLIES A SIGNIFICANT PERCENT OF NORTH AMERICA'S ROW CROP VEGETABLES SUCH AS: GREEN BEANS, EGGPLANT, CUCUMBERS, SQUASH, PEPPERS, ASPARAGUS, AND ROUND AND ROMA TOMATOES.

FLORIDA NORMALLY IS A MAJOR SUPPLIER FOR THESE ITEMS AS WELL BUT THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN STRUCK WITH SEVERE FREEZE DAMAGE IN DECEMBER AND JANUARY AND UP UNTIL NOW HAVE HAD TO PURCHASE PRODUCT OUT OF MEXICO TO FILL THEIR COMMITMENTS, THAT IS NO LONGER AND OPTION.

WITH THE SERIES OF WEATHER DISASTERS THAT HAS OCCURRED IN BOTH OF THESE MAJOR GROWING AREAS WE WILL EXPERIENCE IMMEDIATE VOLATILE PRICES, EXPECTED LIMITED AVAILABILITY, AND MEDIOCRE QUALITY AT BEST.

THIS WILL NOT ONLY HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON SUPPLIES, BUT BECAUSE OF VERY STRONG BLOSSOM DROPS, THIS WILL ALSO IMPACT SUPPLIES 30 – 60 DAYS FROM NOW. SOME GROWERS ARE MEETING WITH THEIR BOARDS RIGHT NOW TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY SHOULD IMMEDIATELY RE-PLANT, HOPING FOR A HARVEST BY LATE-MARCH-TO-EARLY-APRIL, OR WHETHER THEY SHOULD DISC THE FIELDS UNDER AND WAIT FOR ANOTHER SEASON.

We are doing everything we can with our growers to minimize the
effect of this disaster on you. With the unprecedented magnitude
of this event we wanted to immediately make you aware of the
conditions. We will continue to send out communications as our
people on the ground report back to us. We thank you and we
appreciate your understanding during this time.

Sysco Intermountain

"Don't include my name please. Love the web site. Tell everyone of the "global warming crowd" they're wrong and back it up with facts. Have changed some minds!"

Again, this reader says that this announcement came directly from Sysco Foods. If someone from Sysco Foods wants to deny it, I'll certainly be willing to publish their disavowal.


Thanks also to Martin Hoer and Ken Boyce for this info



"This is not good at all," says Martin." But if people had read Ice Age Now it would not be a surprise...



Force majeure

Force majeure (French for "superior force") is a common clause in contracts that essentially frees both parties from liability when a natural disaster or event beyond their control (act of God) prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract.

Source: http://www. iceagenow.com /Mexico_crop_loss_80_to_100_percent.htm

Which is your favorite? Beans and rice, or rice and beans?

related

Mexico's Big Freeze

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6oL77tU ... r_embedded

SYSCO INFO RELEASE: http://www.stevequayle.com/News.alert/1 ... Freeze.pdf

Global Warming MUST be stopped...LMAO

/sarcasm off

Can anyone verify this information as being accurate or not?

W

Originally Posted by PaulRevere9

Global Warming MUST be stopped...LMAO

/sarcasm off

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This is quite the UNEXPECTED turn of events. Who knew our tomatoes, squash, lettuce, and all that other stuff Mexico charges us an extra billion a year would FREEZE?

Get ready . . . BOHICA!

Originally Posted by ALIPAC

Can anyone verify this information as being accurate or not?

W

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It hasn't hit MSM yet.

As a semi-confirmation, CBOT corn has just taken another eight cent/bu pop. In Chicago, it's now over $7.17/bu.

Which is huge.

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The February freeze could impact your grocery bill

Reporter: Sergio Avila

NOGALES, Ariz. (KGUN9-TV) - Vegetables across southern Arizona and northern Mexico were damaged by the extreme cold, and now the supply is unseasonably low, meaning prices could go up at the supermarket.

Initial estimates said up to 80 percent of the crops in Mexico were damaged or destroyed by the freeze. Days later, observation experts scaled back those numbers, although that doesn't mean the problem isn't expected to be huge.

Produce distributors like J/C Distributing in Nogales said their business is currently very slow as growers in Mexico try to cope with the damage done by last week's freeze. The lifts are still moving produce onto trucks, but at a much slower pace. Many of the produce distributors in Nogales have been left high and dry, and waiting for the growers to once again operate at full capacity.

Lance Jungmeyer is president of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas. He told KGUN9 the damaged crops from Mexico will bring a chilling effect to consumers' wallets.

"The cold weather affected new growth that is going to be coming in March. So in March, you are probably going to see higher prices at the supermarket and less supply at the supermarket, but that doesn't mean there won't be produce available. There's going to be plenty of vegetables to come," Jungmeyer said.

J/C Distributing told 9 On Your Side's Sergio Avila they've seen an increase in prices since the freeze. Depending on the type of food, prices have jumped 10 to 15 percent. Owner Jaime Chamberlain hopes growers will be back on track by mid to late March, but until they do, supplies will be down and prices will be up.

"What are some of those commodities that you think might be hit the hardest?" Avila asked.

"Right now like I said it's easy to say for my own. On my own fields, squashes, probably will be the first commodities that will see an impact right away, beans will be another one, eggplant and cucumbers," Chamberlain replied.

The good news is, since the freeze, growers have reported seeing positive signs in their crops.

"Each day that's passed since then, we're finding that there's less and less damage. It's not to say there isn't any damage but we're finding that the plants will recuperate and we will see harvests," Jungmeyer said.

Until then, there's no telling when the growers might be operating at full steam. It depends on how quickly the plants can recover.

Source: http://www.kgun9.com/Global/story.asp?S=14013532

This food industry website seems to confirm this to some extent.

http://thepacker.com/UPDATED--Severe-Me ... ES&aid=684

Cold temperatures damaging crops in MexicoPosted: Feb 9, 2011 6:31 PM
Updated: Feb 9, 2011 9:29 PM

ShareShare11 Rating: 12345 0.0 (0 votes) Cold temperatures damaging crops in MexicoPreviousNextCold temperatures damaging crops in MexicoNOGALES - Produce suppliers say last weeks cold temperatures haven't frozen crops in Sinaloa, Mexico since 1956.

Now they're having to evaluate the damage before more products are brought to the U.S.

"There are some plants that got severely damaged or some plants that were lost, so we are anticipating lower volumes going forward than normal volumes," Martin Ley said.

Del Campo officials said they've never had to deal with this type of produce damage in the past, but thankfully not all was lost during last weeks freezing temperatures.

"There was significant foliage damage and some damage to some of the fruits," Ley said.

Ley said some vegetables and fruits were more susceptible to the freezing climate than others.

"Tomatoes, peppers some eggplants still fare much better, and those plants are going to come back and recuperate," Ley said.

Not only are produce suppliers noticing the affects of Mother Nature, but the Nogales Food Bank is also noticing a produce shortage.

"Nothing has come in since after the third which was the day of the freeze, so theirs a huge concern," Arthur Espinoza said.

Del Campo officials said they will continue to assess the severity of the crop damage, and will distribute products to its customers but at reduced amounts.



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