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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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