Crop Report Blog

The production of strawberry in California increased in fresh market volume, and also in juice grade, but remained fairly flat for freezer grade. With increased acreage in 2022 over the previous year it gave the fresh market an opportunity to receive more fruit, but with less than ideal growing conditions at times in 2022 the […]

California has packed less #1 grade strawberry per year as frozen in the period of 2018-2022 compared to the previous five year period. At one time California would regularly pack up more than 400 million pounds of #1 grade frozen strawberries in a year. In 2022 the volume was 347 million pounds, and nearly 100 […]

Fresh market strawberry volume is off to a slow start in California due to the recent weather events. Florida is also running a little behind as well. This is leaving suppliers in Mexico with a very strong market. Current FOB wholesale pricing for strawberry is listed at more than $20 per box according to USDA […]

Winter strawberry planted acreage increased in every district this year according to the 2023 Acreage Survey published by the California Strawberry Commission. California had an increase originally but lost acreage with storm damage in January. Production from other areas is ongoing currently with good pricing for fresh market fruit delivered to markets in the U.S. […]