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UPDATE SUMMARY: WEEK OF JUNE 3, 2019

June 06, 2019

Iceberg Lettuce

  • Quality issues and lower yields are limiting stocks this week
  • Supplies are limited; prices are elevated
  • The industry expects volume to increase by next week
  • The market will return to lower price levels at that time                                                                            

Yellow Squash

  • The Mexican season (crossing into Nogales, Arizona) has ended
  • California is faced with quality issues resulting in very low yields due to cool temperatures and rain
  • The Georgia season ended earlier than normal; East Coast supplies are tight as growers are transitioning production to North Carolina and New Jersey
  • The industry expects stocks to increase in three weeks once new plantings mature

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