The California Pear Advisory Board has established a crop estimate for Bartlett pear production in California this summer. The crop is estimated to be down in each of the districts in California. The drop in tonnage will put the crop on track to be close to the short crop of 2014. It appears that demand […]
Archives for June 2016
California Strawberry 6-20-2016
California freezer grade strawberry deliveries were close to forty million pounds last week. This volume was very similar to the week before, and it represents the peak of the season for 2016. Whereas the crop still looked strong, with flowers still being set in Oxnard last week, some growers are beginning to remove fields due […]
California Strawberry 6-9-2016
California freezer grade strawberry deliveries have lagged behind last year’s volume for the entire year, and the current volume year to date is the lowest since 2011. It looks like this will be a short volume year overall if this trend continues through the month of June. Current field prices are the highest they have […]