James Foreman advocates expanding exports and giving up segments of the U.S. market to Argentina Lowering f.o.b. prices in a big crop year does nothing to benefit growers, says James Foreman, operations manager with Foreman Fruit and Land Company in Wenatchee, Washington. But exporting more pears could significantly boost grower returns, he believes Foreman analyzed the relationships between pricing and production of fresh Pacific Northwest pears and concluded that retailers are the only ones who gain when the region produces a large crop. The 2011 Northwest pear crop is estimated at 19.2 million boxes, up from 17.7 million a year […]