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STRAWBERRIES
Oxnard
Quality: Quality is good with nice shape and sheen. Fruit can be a little dusty from Santa Ana winds, but no damage.
Volume: Production is increasing each week.
Pack Counts: Conventional: 14-18
Santa Maria
Quality: Conventional quality is good with occasional green shoulders and frost damage. Organic fruit quality is good with some bruising and deformed tips. Crews are doing a great job keeping a clean pack.
Volume: Volume will continue to increase through March.
Pack Counts: Conventional Spring Crop: 14-18, 16-20 depending on ranch; Organic Spring Crop: 14-18; Organic Fall Crop: 25-30
Watsonville/Salinas
Harvest Status: Growers are reporting frost damage that will be cleaned up over the next week. Volumes will increase through March.
Florida
Quality: Quality is great. Hot weather with warm nights may speed up ripening.
Volume: Production is steady.
Pack Counts: Conventional: 16-20-22; Organic: 22-25
Mexico
Quality: Quality is fair.
Volume: Production will decrease this week due to warm temperatures.
Pack Counts: 16-18-20, 22-25-28 depending on ranch
BLUEBERRIES
Mexico
Quality: Quality is great with increased ripening and smaller sizes due to warm, sunny weather.
Volume: Production is increasing.
Chile
Quality: Arrival quality is mixed due to port delays with both good and fair fruit.
Volume: Arrivals will continue through week 12.
Oxnard
Quality: Quality is good with some freeze damage from below freezing temperatures last week.
Volume: Estimates have decreased through the end of the season due to freeze damage.
Florida/Georgia
Harvest Status: Light harvests will begin this week.
RASPBERRIES
Mexico
Quality: Quality is good with occasional broken fruit and uneven ripening due to fluctuating temperatures.
Volume: Production will be steady for the next 4 weeks.
BLACKBERRIES
Mexico
Quality: Quality is good overall with some red cell and leaky fruit. Crews are doing a great job keeping a clean pack.
Volume: Production is declining due to warm temperatures.
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