News and Stories

Cold weather persists in the Southeast; low temperatures have dipped into the upper 20s/mid-30s.

• Markon First Crop Bell Peppers, Cucumbers, and Squash are available in Florida
  • Prices will rise
  • Growers have either stopped harvesting or will reduce work hours due to near-freezing temperatures
  • Bell peppers and cucumbers will be extremely scarce this week; squash will be tight, but slightly more available
    • Honduran cucumbers are limited
    • Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula is shipping adequate supplies of squash to the Florida and Georgia regions
  • Florida weather is expected to improve by Monday; daytime temperatures should reach the upper 70s and nighttime temperatures will be in the upper 50s
• Cabbage supplies are extremely tight
• The Georgia season has ended; Northern Florida stocks are limited due to freezing weather
• Temperatures dropped to the upper 20s in Uvalde, Texas this week
• Fields in South Texas are producing low volume; the market is rising
• Tomorrow morning will be the coldest of the week
• Potential damage could occur if temperatures drop below freezing for more than four hours
• Tomato production has dropped as temperatures in Central Florida reached as low as 32 degrees

Please contact your Markon customer service representative for more information.

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