January 31, 2022

Crop Updates

STRAWBERRIES

Oxnard

Quality: Quality is great with good shape and sheen with coloring at 95-100%.  

Volume: Production continues to increase week over week.  

Pack Counts: Conventional: 12-14 

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Santa Maria

Quality: Conventional and organic spring crop quality is great with nice shape and sheen. Conventional fruit has occasional green shoulders. Organic fall crop quality is good with a mixture of firm and soft fruit. 

Volume: Conventional volume continues to increase. Organic production is steady. 

Pack Counts: Conventional Spring Crop: 10-12; Organic Spring Crop: 10-14; Organic Fall Crop: 20-24 

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Florida

Quality: Quality is excellent despite back-to-back freeze events. Growers ran water to insulate the plants; damage assessments will take place throughout the week.  

Volume: Production is steady as freezing weather has slowed ripening. 

Pack Counts: Conventional: 15-18; Organic: 20-25 

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Mexico

Quality: Quality is good with occasional white shoulders, seedy fruit, and light bruising. 

Volume: Production is steady. 

Pack Counts: 18-20-25 depending on ranch 

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BLUEBERRIES

Mexico

Quality: Quality is excellent. 

Volume: Conventional peak production is estimated for week 6, volume will increase as it approaches.  

Chile

Quality: Quality is great.  

Volume: Container arrivals are heavy due to decreased delays at the ports.  

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Oxnard

Quality: Organic crop quality is good.  

Volume: Production is rapidly increasing.  

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RASPBERRIES

Mexico

Quality: Quality is good with some overripe fruit due to labor shortages.  

Volume: Volumes are increasing into peak production. 

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BLACKBERRIES

Mexico

Quality: Quality is good with occasional leaky fruit and red cell. 

Volume: Production will slowly start to increase towards March.  

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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

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