July 25, 2019

Watsonville-Salinas: 

Watsonville-Salinas has been beautiful the last 2-3 days, and mild weather is remaining on the immediate forecast the next 7 days with temperatures in the 70s, and mostly sunny skies in the afternoons. Counts are 18-20 in conventional and low-mid 20s among organics. Volumes are staying steady and quality is looking good. Our raspberry crops are loaded with fruit, with blackberries looking good as well.

Santa Maria: 

Our Santa Maria region has been starting off the morning with dense, misty weather and warming up in the afternoons into the 70s-80s. Due to the heat in the afternoons, we are experiencing softer fruit and quality is decent. That said, this will be our last week of harvest for both conventional and organic fruit as we begin to prepare for the next season. Our summer plant should be in production the third or fourth week of August, with heavy volume expected for the middle of September.

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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