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Dan Winiecke

California Stone Fruit April 29, 2022

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The California stone fruit crop has had it’s share of weather problems this year. The crop seemed to headed for a large bloom and good set when it was hit in March with cold temperatures. Peaches, apricots and other fruits were hit hard in some areas. Most of the damage came north of Sacramento. It […]

California Strawberry April 4, 2022 

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The processing strawberry crop is running ahead in volume in 2022 compared to the previous four years. Both juice grade as well as #1 grade processing strawberries are higher in volume so far in 2022 than in the recent past. Fresh market volume has also been stronger this year with good pricing for growers over […]

California Tree Fruit Bloom 2022 

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Stone fruit trees in the Central Valley of California have been in bloom for over a month now. Early varieties came into bloom a month ago with above average warm weather. Later blooming varieties are in bloom now. Warm weather in the first half of February gave way to much cooler weather in the last […]

California Strawberry March 7, 2022 

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Strawberry fresh market volume in the U.S. is trending ahead of last year for total production and imports. California production is ahead of last year with more acreage and much better yield. The result has been a current downward trend on FOB pricing. Current fresh market pricing is the lowest it has been in well […]

California Strawberry February 5, 2022 

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The California strawberry crop is developing well. The quality of the strawberry plants this year look much better than they did in 2021. At this time last year it was apparent that there would be problems with production, but so far the development of the plants in the ground looks outstanding. The potential is there […]