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
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
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
Mexico
Quality: Quality is good with firm fruit.
Volume: Volume is increasing.
Pack Counts: 18-24, 26-28 depending on ranch
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.
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.
BLACKBERRIES
Mexico
Quality: Quality is good.
Volume: Volume is steady.
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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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