Tag: produceiq

The holiday weekend has ended, but the annual produce industry Thanksgiving hangover looks a little different than usual. Rain in the West and impacts from Milton and Helene are creating gaps in supply, impacting produce prices.

A large swath of commodities are in the line of fire on the West Coast. The supply of lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, strawberries, oranges, and blackberries all have the potential to be negatively impacted by inclement weather this week.

The Thanksgiving pull has arrived, and produce markets have more than a few things to be grateful for.

A series of unfortunate circumstances has lettuce buyers clinging tighter to the beginning of Yuma’s season than President-Elect Donald Trump to the American flag on election night.

As the nation gears up for Election Week, more than just ballots are being cast; markets are also reacting to incessantly shifting prediction polls in this highly contested presidential race.

Halloween isn’t the only October tradition commencing this week. The transition out of the Salinas Valley, CA, is underway, and produce markets can’t mask their festive fall transition spirits.

The sweet corn market is cursed. Supply is hauntingly tight due to the devastation from Hurricanes Helene and Milton in the East, coupled with scorching heat in the West.

As football fans cheered for their favorite college and NFL teams over the weekend, produce growers across the Southeast faced a different kind of blitz: back-to-back hits from Hurricanes Helene and Milton.

Average produce prices defy the odds. The ProduceIQ index fell -3 percent over the previous week after an indisputably rough week for all levels of the produce supply chain.

Many commodities were in the line of fire from this storm. The path went directly through Georgia’s growing regions as the fall harvest began.