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UPDATE SUMMARY: WEEK OF JUNE 5, 2017

June 08, 2017

Celery

  • Markon First Crop Celery is available in Oxnard and Salinas, California this week and next
  • The Oxnard growing region will wrap up towards mid-June; Michigan production will start in early July
  • Value-added triggers will be removed over the next two weeks
  • Supplies are increasing; the market is expected to decline rapidly

Garlic

  • Supplies will remain limited until mid-July, when California’s new crop supplies reach the market
  • New crop harvests have been delayed due to below-normal growing temperatures over the past three months
  • New crop Mexican garlic is in production now and will be available as a substitute to domestic stocks
  • California’s 2017 crop will reach the market by early July; sufficient supply levels are forecast

Please contact your Markon customer service representative for more information.

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