Stay informed on how the weather and other conditions across the country and the globe affect the quality, availability, and price of you fresh fruits and vegetables.
ALERT! BRUSSELS SPROUTS: Extremely limited supplies from Mexico have caused the market to increase significantly. This will continue until domestic supplies become available in June.
BROCCOLI: The broccoli market is trending lower as a result of better supplies from all growing regions. Quality is really nice-- vibrant green color, and improved crown size.
ALERT! CELERY:
Celery supplies are suffering due to planting gaps and reduced yields caused by the heavy rains earlier this year. We see no relief for this market until Salinas comes into better volume about mid-June.
ICEBERG LETTUCE:
This market is about steady with good volume for the current demand. Most lots are showing good quality, size, and weight.
LEAF LETTUCES: Demand is steady and supplies are adequate on all leaf lettuces (red leaf, green leaf, Boston, and romaine).
ALERT! ORANGES:
California's Navel season is coming to it's end. We are now moving into the Valencia crop. This years Valencia crop looks to be the smallest crop in a decade, Bearing acres have been falling yearly and are down another 6% from last year and the average estimate of fruit set per tree looks to be lower by 30% of normal.
ALERT! TOMATOES:
We''re hitting a supply gap. Due to cool weather slowing the harvest, Florida finished up. The Carolinas are planning to begin harvesting June 5th. Supplies of Rounds and Plum/Romas will drastically decrease, and prices will soar. Grape Tomatoes supplies are expected to decrease a little which is sure to put pressure on supplies of Cherry Tomatoes.
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