Skip to main content

UPDATE: ORANGES

As the California Navel orange season progresses, 113- and 138-count fruit remains extremely limited. The new crop California Valencia season...

UPDATE: CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRIES

Temperatures in the Santa Maria, Salinas, and Watsonville growing regions are experiencing temperatures 20 degrees higher than normal. Such significant...

UPDATE: STRAWBERRIES

The Santa Maria, Salinas, and Watsonville growing regions experienced extreme heat over the weekend. The elevated temperatures caused quality challenges...

FROM THE FIELDS: DESERT HEAT WAVE

Extreme heat continues to cause concern for the remaining acreage of row crop vegetables in the Arizona/California desert growing region....

UPDATE: LIMES

Lime availability continues to tighten, with weather and harvesting disruptions adding pressure across all growing regions. Markon First Crop (MFC)...

UPDATE SUMMARY: WEEK OF MARCH 16, 2026

Avocados Industry supplies are adequate across all growing regions; however, delays and potential shortages are expected due to labor shortages...

UPDATE: BELL PEPPERS

Bell pepper supplies are limited; Mexico is struggling to meet demand due to extreme heat and lower harvestable yields. Florida...

UPDATE: AVOCADOS

Industry supplies are adequate across all growing regions; however, delays and potential shortages are expected due to labor shortages during...

UPDATE: TOMATOES

Tomato prices are climbing. Supplies are tighter this week; a national Mexican holiday on March 16 reduced labor and production....

UPDATE: STRAWBERRIES

Elevated temperatures are prematurely ending the Florida and Texas strawberry seasons. California volume is rising in Santa Maria and Oxnard;...

FROM THE FIELDS: DESERT HEAT WAVE

We are now entering the hottest period of this unprecedented heat wave in the Arizona/California desert growing region. Temperatures will...
Search News & Press
Media Contact

Cathy Gomez