Strawberry plantings for fall continue in California. The Oxnard
district (top) has been harvesting berries for a few weeks from fall
planted acreage. The Santa Maria district (bottom) is a little later in
their planting cycle with some fields still needing to be planted. Early
estimates have California fall acreage down about 4,500 acres from last
year. Oxnard looks to have 2,500 less acres with Santa Maria down 1,100
and Watsonville 900. The official estimate won't be released until
January, but early indications are for acreage numbers to drop by this
much for the 2016 harvest.