Weather causes short supplies of blackberries
Weather causes short supplies of blackberries
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Florida strawberry growers bracing for cold; CA production on the rise
The last weekend of January is expected to see temperatures flirting with freezing in Florida’s strawberry production area near Plant City. Combined with rain during the Jan. 23-29 week, strawberry production is expected to be tight heading into the Valentine’s Day pull.
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Florida strawberries seeing extremely strong demand
Florida strawberries seeing extremely strong demand
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Increasing volumes of Mexican blackberries expected
Increasing volumes of Mexican blackberries expected
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Chilly Mexican temperatures short raspberry supplies
Supplies of raspberries are very tight right now. “We’ve been prorating for 2.5 weeks now,” says Robert Wilhelm of Bova Fresh based in Boca Raton, FL. “There was some very cold weather in Mexico a couple of weeks back and that’s put everyone behind. I think they’re still trying to catch up.” He adds while the slowdown is largely weather-related, COVID-19 issues also seem to be affecting growers in Mexico, including on the labor front. It's a different pattern on raspberry supplies than Mexico started the year with. “We’ve been having really good quality out of Mexico. The nu...
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