January 3, 2022

Crop Updates

STRAWBERRIES

Oxnard

Quality: Overall quality is good with nice shape, sheen and 90% coloring. Dry weather for the next 7-10 days will help increase coloring to 100%. Damage from heavy rains last week is being assessed, but fruit is expected to have held up well.  

Volume: Volume continues to increase. 

Pack Counts: Conventional: 12-14 

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Santa Maria

Quality: Organic fall crop has fair quality with good shape and flavor. Green shoulders and pin rot from heavy rain in the region are the only defects. Conventional spring crops are healthy; light first harvests may start this week.  

Volume: Organic production will be steady for the next few weeks.   

Pack Counts: Organic Fall Crop: 18-24 

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Florida

Quality: Quality is excellent with only occasional minor bruising.  

Volume: Production is steadily increasing.  

Pack Counts: Conventional: 12-16; Organic: 26-28-32 depending on ranch 

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Mexico

Quality: Quality is good with firm fruit.   

Volume: Volume is increasing.  

Pack Counts: 18-24, 26-28 depending on ranch 

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BLUEBERRIES

Mexico

Quality: Quality is great.  

Volume: Production has slightly declined.  

Chile

Quality: Quality is good with nice size, texture and sweetness.   

Volume: Organic and conventional container arrivals will increase significantly in January. Operations is working to offset industry wide shipping delays at both east and west coast ports.  

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Oxnard

Quality: Quality is very good.  

Volume: Production will be steady for the next 2-3 weeks due to cold temperatures.  

RASPBERRIES

Mexico

Quality: Quality is good with occasional soft tips, broken fruit and uneven ripening.  

Volume: Production is increasing.  

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BLACKBERRIES

Mexico

Quality: Quality is good.   

Volume: Volume is steady.  

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Weather Conditions

For up-to-date weather conditions in all of our growing regions, click on the region below. Wunderground.com is our go-to weather resource for fast and reliable weather updates. 

Watsonville

Salinas

Santa Maria

Oxnard

Mexico

Georgia

Florida

South America

Reaching Consumers

A berry sweet message from a Canadian berry shopper: 

We live in Alberta, Canada. It is -27 Celsius today; however, we are enjoying the blackberries that you and your workers harvested. Thank you!

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