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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.

While summer weather lingers in the Southeast, a refreshing cold front delivers crisp mornings to growers across the Plains and the Pacific Northwest.

The ProduceIQ Index continues its upward climb to a record $1.35/lb for week #37. This price is 11 percent higher than at any previous year for this week.

The tropics are heating up, with a strong likelihood that PTC 6 will develop into a tropical storm or hurricane later this week. Heavy rainfall is anticipated for parts of the Gulf Coast, including Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana.

Avocados, tomatoes, limes, mangoes, beans, and raspberries are some of the commodities that may be affected by higher-than-average rain over the next week.

Despite a relatively slow hurricane season, tropical systems continue to wreak havoc. A Category 1 Hurricane-soaked Hawaii over the weekend, and the Southeastern U.S. is still coping with the aftermath of Tropical Storm Debbie.

As the summer season begins to wind down, the produce market reflects the changing weather and the evolving demands of consumers, says ProduceIQ.

Hurricane Debby’s slow march through Northern Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas brought rainfall totals worthy of gold medals: over 15 inches in isolated parts of Florida and South Carolina and around 13 inches in Georgia.