March 14, 2022

STRAWBERRIES

Oxnard

Quality: Quality is good with nice shape, sheen, and color. Fruit can be a little dusty from strong winds, but no damage. 

Volume: Production continues to increase each week and is expected to peak in April.     

Pack Counts: Conventional: 14-18 

Santa Maria

Quality: Quality is good across conventional and organic with some button and seedy tips and crooked fruit due to previous frost events. Crews are doing their best to keep a clean pack.  

Volume: Production is increasing at a slightly slower rate while frost damage is cleaned up.   

Pack Counts: Conventional Spring Crop: 12-16, 16-20 depending on ranch; Organic Spring Crop: 14-16; Organic Fall Crop: 25-30 

Watsonville/Salinas

Harvest Status: Growers continue to clean up frost damage.  

Florida

Quality: Quality is good with some minor bruising due to hot weather.  

Volume: Production will be steady for the next 3 weeks.   

Pack Counts: Conventional: 16-20-24; Organic: 20-25 

Mexico

Quality: Quality is fair.  

Volume: The import season has finished.  

BLUEBERRIES

Mexico

Quality: Quality is good with some shriveling in the pack due to warm weather and lack of labor.  

Volume: Conventional production will remain steady over the next few weeks with peak estimated for weeks 11-16. Organic volumes continue to increase.  

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 clean packs.   

Volume: Estimates have decreased by roughly 50% for the next few weeks due to freeze damage.  

Florida/Georgia 

Harvest Status: Light harvests are underway.  

RASPBERRIES

Mexico

BLACKBERRIES

Mexico

Quality: Quality is good with some red cell and leaky fruit due to high winds. Quality is expected to improve going forward. 

Volume: Production is decreasing slightly.  

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

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