Lettuce 

Production continues to be steady with intermittent demand.  Quality continues to be mostly good with a  wide range of  color, size and shape. Most shippers are on top of their fields and are poised to  push the market higher with the expected surge in demand from institutional back to school business.  The ash from the area wildfire seems to have subsided and should decrease further as the fire is contained.
Mix Leaf

Production continues to be steady with a lack of demand keeping prices depressed.  Quality is good with some fringe burn and insect damage seen scattered around the Salinas and Santa Maria valley. Weather in the East may start to affect condition  of the “local , homegrown” which may influence demand out West.  Most shippers are currently on schedule with their leaf program.

 

Brussels Sprouts

The market has  peaked with supplies coming almost exclusively from the Central Coast of California.  Quality has been excellent with a return of the cooler more normal nighttime temperatures this Summer.

​Production should start increasing now through November when overflow freezer production ​will  contribute to an abundant supply matching an extremely high demand period.  The crop  appears healthier than past years.

 

Celery

Market remains steady and most shippers are looking to move product.  Michigan is still producing good volume and harvests are still very heavy out west.  More volume on large sizes. Shippers are listening to offers as they need to move product.

 

Broccoli

Market is steady with little change expected as we move into next week.  Quality is very good.  Nice green color and smooth domes from both Santa Maria and Salinas.

 

Cauliflower

Good supplies and limited demand has caused prices to decrease this week.  Shippers are looking to make deals so run your offers by us.

 

Artichokes

Heavy production with  light demand has lead to good  buying opportunities on all sizes.  Quality is  good  and should remain through August.  Take advantage of a good  Summer time  alternative.

​Asparagus 

Production from  Central Mexico is winding down  leaving mostly offshore supplies from Peru as the main source.  The market  rose sharply but has since leveled  with some shippers still offering discounts  on offsize Mexican product.

Strawberries

The New crop or Fall fruit is moving briskly and we are now looking at a two tier market between the fall and the summer fruit.  Weather related issues will continue to effect the summer crop as soft fruit with occasional bruising has been reported at the field level. Counts will continue to small than the fall fruit. The average count this week has been ranging 22 to 24 count, with some growers picking even smaller fruit. The fall fruit is ranging 16 to 18 count with some light bruising and white shoulder being reported. The weather forecast for next week is status quo as we will continue to have partly cloudy and smoke filled skies with highs in the low 70’s and the nights dipping to the low 50’s.

Raspberries

Production will continue on a downtrend and fruit will become scarce next week due to the continued cool weather and less hearty fruit. Central Mexico will be ramping up production towards the end of September. “Sunshine” raspberries will have an increase in volume as we move into September. We expect the peak in volume to be the 3rd week in September.

Blackberries

Lighter volume is expected next week.  The berry six has been bigger than normal for this time of the year and this has also contributed to the lighter supplies.

Blueberries

the Pacific northwest is expected to taper off as their season comes to a close.  Expect supplies to be tight out of the Baja and California area for September.  Look for suppliers to pack more 4.4 oz. than 6oz. during this time period.

 

Watermelon

The market is looser this week due to lack of business. This should turn around next week with the Labor Day pull. Northeast suppliers are winding down and should finish by the end of next week . Produce west will have seedless watermelons out of Indiana and Texas. Mexico production will follow.