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The iceberg lettuce market continues to escalate; prices are reaching the low 30s. Ready-Set-Serve salad blends containing iceberg could reach second-level triggers early next week. The market is expected to remain elevated over the next several weeks.

• Last week’s extremely high temperatures are significantly reducing yields and carton weights
• Processor demand is very strong; crews are harvesting more heads of lettuce to fill bin weight requirements, diminishing carton availability 
• Hot weather stunted growth and caused a harvesting gap, resulting in smaller head sizes; the 30-count size is becoming more prevalent
• Insect damage, internal burn, seeder, and sunscald are affecting yields
• More hot weather in the low to mid-80s is forecast this weekend; expect current quality and market conditions to persist
• Markon First Crop Premium Iceberg is limited; Markon Best Available will be substituted as needed

Please contact your Markon customer service representative for more information.

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