market Archives - Eagle Eye Produce

Eagle Eye hoping for better markets as domestic season approaches

Watermelon shippers enjoyed some strong markets earlier this spring, as the f.o.b. pricing for fruit from Mexico was in the mid-$300s in March and most of April. Then the bottom fell out. “It was a really tight market in March and April, and then April 25 came and it’s been a bumper crop for just about everyone in Sonora,” said John Gee, vice president of sales for Eagle Eye Produce. “All the fields looked great, and we were, shall I say, ‘blessed’ with a ton of watermelon.”

Onion Market and Crop Update for June 24, 2021

Eagle Eye Produce offers the best of both worlds: the benefits of a large company with a national logistics network paired with the customer experience of a small, multi-generational company with deep roots, according to the company’s director of melon sales, Joey Anticevich. “Our team of produce veterans has decades of experience in the melon industry, and we believe we offer the best service in the industry,” he said. “We can pack any size melon in any pack our customers are needing.”

Good Year for Spuds in Idaho

Idaho potato grower-shippers and marketers say they have responded to the current global pandemic the best way they know how: with a good crop.

Idaho potato sales find markets in spite of COVID-19 pandemic

Idaho potato sales are threading their way through the COVID-19 pandemic by spiking in retail stores, while recovering in the foodservice sector, marketers say.

Onion Market and Crop Update

Jason Pearson, Director of Onion Sales, gives an update on the state of the onion market and crops for 2020.

Eagle Eye Expects Strong Watermelon Volume Through Spring and Summer

John Gee, Vice President of Sales at Eagle Eye Produce, weighs in on the state of the watermelon market.

COVID-19, Short Supplies Create Hot Potato Market

Twenty-year potato industry veteran Lance Poole of Idaho-based Eagle Eye Produce Inc. was unequivocal in using the descriptor “hot” to describe the current potato market. “I’ve only seen a ‘hot’ market like this one other time in my more than 20 years in the industry,” said the executive vice president of the Idaho Falls company.