Tag: crop update

Bosc pears see the steepest decline, down 62% from last year. Cumulative effects of intense freezes the past couple of years are the driver of this year’s drop.

Residual rains from Tropical Storm Francine will further drive up lime pricing in Veracruz, Mexico. Markon First Crop (MFC) and Markon Essentials (ESS) Limes are available.

Markon First Crop (MFC) Asian-Cut Broccoli Crowns from the Salinas, California and Central Mexico growing regions are currently not available; Markon Best Available and packer label supplies will be substituted temporarily.

California’s available Valencia supply continues to dwindle; some growers have already ended their season, and more will end over the next few weeks.

The Washington State Tree Fruit Association (WSTFA) released its forecast for the 2024 Washington state fresh apple crop estimated at 124 million standard forty-pound boxes of fresh apples.

Markon Cooperative released an avocado market update in its Fresh Crop Report, week of August 11, 2024, projecting rising prices.

Markon Cooperative reports tomato markets are higher than usual this summer season due to extreme weather and less overall acreage planted.

All row crop vegetables that have been exposed to these temperatures are expected to exhibit varying levels of heat-related quality and shelf-life concerns over the next two weeks.

Markon Cooperative released a potato market update that Markon First Crop Burbank and Norkotah Potatoes are available in Idaho and Washington, but that's ending soon.

At its June 6 Board of Directors meeting, the California Avocado Commission announced findings from its mid-season grower and packer crop survey, which now estimates volume to exceed 250 million pounds.