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UPDATE: GREEN LEAF, ICEBERG, AND ROMAINE

October 7, 2024

MFC Premium Green Leaf, Iceberg, and Romaine are available; MBA is being substituted as needed due to light weights.

  • Salinas, California is experiencing a heat wave this week; quality is holding up but expected to diminish in the coming weeks as a result of extended warm days and nights
    • Dehydration, insect pressure, seeder, and sun scald are forecast to increase; disease pressure remains minimal overall but is affecting select areas of the Salinas Valley
  • Growers in the Salinas Valley are managing remaining acres through early November, before the crop transitions to Central California and the Arizona/California desert regions
    • Oxnard iceberg and romaine harvests will begin in early to mid-October; green leaf will not be available from Oxnard
    • Huron is scheduled to start in mid- to late October
    • The Arizona-California desert region will begin production in early November and ramp up by the middle to end of November
  • Expect steady markets this week, with prices inching up next week as supplies diminish and quality issues increase

Please contact your Markon customer service representative for more information.

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