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Watsonville- Salinas:
Quality: A half inch of rain from last week caused damage to about 10-15% of the crop. Some of the issues are spongey tips and cracked berries with little decay, but crews are keeping packs clean by dropping the damaged fruit.
Volume: Watsonville will wrap up this week and all volume will be coming out of Salinas going forward.
Pack Counts: Conventional: 22-24
Santa Maria:
Quality: Conventional size is back up, with overall good quality and small amounts of pinpoint rot and deformed tips. Organic fruit is firm with a little pinpoint rot.
Volume: Newly planted crop is seeing some flowers already.
Pack Counts: Conventional: 20-22-24
Mexico:
Quality: Quality is good with a little bruised and overripe fruit.
Volume: Overcast days have increased green shoulders on the berries, and growers are dropping a lot of fruit, which has decreased the volume this week.
Florida:
Quality: Overall, quality is good with a few signs of pestalotia, but growers are working hard to keep it from spreading.
Volume: Crews are passing through and harvesting small volume this week, but the plants are pushing a lot of flowers so we expect the volume to pick up in the next couple weeks. Organic harvest will start next week.
Pack Count: Conventional: 28-30
Mexico:
Quality: Fruit size is between 14-18 mm with good bloom. No issues to report.
Volume: Steady volume will continue through the end of the year for conventional berries.
South America:
Quality: Quality is good with good size and bloom.
Volume: Production out of Argentina, Uruguay and Peru is finishing in the next couple of weeks. Chile has started picking and will be increasing in volume into the new year.
Oxnard:
Harvest: The area experienced an unusual freeze event which took out our lead berry production. While we don’t expect to see total production numbers decline as a result, we will let the crop reset and not begin harvest until early January.
Mexico:
Quality: Seeing some broken fruit and uneven ripening due to temperature fluctuations throughout the day. Crews are watching this carefully and keeping high quality packs a priority.
Volume: Production volume will be steady for the next 4 weeks.
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Mexico:
Quality: Good quality with some minor wind damage, red cell and leaky berries, but crews are working hard to maintain clean packs.
Volume: Will increase over the next 4 weeks.
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