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Tomatoes
Act of God crop failure letters began circulating in mid-November from some of the industry's leading growers. Despite that, Seashore has been able to secure product and fulfill its commitments up until this point.
Florida: The Palmetto/Ruskin area of Florida is harvesting less than 10% of normal early December production. The Immokalee growing area in Florida is two weeks away from beginning to harvest.
Mexico: Not nearly enough available to cover current demand. Mexico's tomato harvests are down 50% due to prolonged cool weather.
All tomatoes are light in color and will be for the next 3-4 weeks. The price of Roma/plum tomatoes has skyrocketed as some users had switched to romas with the round shortage. Grape and cherry tomatoes have followed suit and increased significantly in the past few days.
The next two weeks will be the most critical until more tomatoes become available out of Mexico and then Immokalee, Florida gets going
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