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STRAWBERRIES
Oxnard:
Harvest Status: Fall crop planting is underway.
Santa Maria:
Quality: Quality is good overall with occasional deformed tips and bruising. Plants look healthy and ready for a strong season.
Volume: Volumes continue to increase every week.
Pack Counts: Conventional Fall Crop: 18-20-22 ct. / Organic: 18-22 ct.
Watsonville/Salinas:
Quality: Quality is good and continues to improve.
Volume: Production will remain steady for the next 3-4 weeks. Labor continues to be tight with a few ranches running behind harvest schedules.
Pack Counts: Conventional: 20-22, 24-26 ct. depending on ranch / Organic: 28-30 ct.
BLUEBERRIES
Oregon:
Quality: Quality is good overall with occasional shrivel and smaller fruit from the recent heatwave.
Volume: Estimates have decreased for the season due to the heatwaves.
Quality: Quality is good overall.
Volume: Production of fresh fruit is expected to finish in the next 10-14 days.
Mexico:
Quality: Quality is good with nice-sized fruit.
Volume: Volume is expected to increase in week 34 with peak production forecasted for weeks 37-43.
South America:
Harvest Status: Light harvests have started in Peru and Argentina with the first conventional containers set to arrive in week 35 and organic in week 40. The quality looks great.
RASPBERRIES
Mexico:
Quality: Wet weather continues to cause issues with broken soft fruit. Crews are working hard to maintain clean packs.
Volume: Volume is increasingly steady.
Watsonville/Salinas:
Quality: Quality is good.
Volume: Volume increases as peak production begins.
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BLACKBERRIES
Watsonville/Salinas:
Quality: Quality is very good.
Volume: Peak production continues.
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