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Watsonville-Salinas:
Weather for the next 7-10 days should be in the 60s-70s with partly sunny skies. Mornings have been cool and drizzly, and afternoons have been warming up to be mild and temperate. Volumes should remain steady this week and into next, with a slight push the following week. Quality is mixed, some fruit is coming in on the darker side the first half of the week, with color lighting up toward the end of the week Thursday and Friday. Counts are 16-18 among our Watsonville conventional crops, and generally 20-22 for Salinas, while organics are 26-32. Bushberries are looking great and increasing in volume the next 3-4 weeks.
Santa Maria:
Santa Maria weather has also been in the 60s-70s with cold, foggy mornings and clear afternoons. Next week appears to warm up into the 80s with warmer days potentially on the horizon. Quality is generally good, Monterey is seeing some bruising here and there due to falling behind schedule in the fields, but this should improve as we go. We expect schedule delays due to labor shortages at this time, crews are taking sick leave and taking off Mondays and Tuesdays, and Friday's and Saturdays, which can affect the rotation and quality of the crop. Despite these minor challenges, quality is remaining strong overall. Counts are in the low-mid 20s mostly, while organics are in the mid-high 20s. We anticipate finishing our fall crop conventional planting this week and organics next week. The plants in the ground already looks nice, and earlier planted fruit should begin to blossom next week.
Blueberries:
Oregon Blueberries:
We are in the middle of the duke peak now and quality is good. Duke is firm with good size and very few defects. We anticipate large Duke volumes will continue for the next 10 days. Our early-mid season varieties such as Draper, Bluerippon, Cargo, and Top Shelf will be beginning first picks in the next 7-10 days. We will pack our first organic fruit out of Oregon this Saturday - organic volume will begin to ramp up in mid-July.
Washington Organics:
We packed the first load of our Washington Duke organics on Tuesday, and the quality is very good. We will continue to have supply from this Washington farm through this week and next week, with the potential for light volumes the following week.
British Columbia growers have began their first pick of the Duke variety - quality is good and we have the potential to procure more supply.
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