News and Stories

  Cilantro  

• Ready-Set-Serve Washed & Trimmed Cilantro supplies are limited due to quality and shelf-life challenges
• Warmer-than-normal temperatures and high humidity are affecting California’s Central Coast growing regions (Salinas Valley, Santa Maria, and Ventura County), increasing plant maturity and creating immature leaves that turn yellow/brown, then decay

Cucumbers

• Baja, Mexico is the primary growing region for West Coast cucumbers at this time of year; high temperatures have caused bloom drop, resulting in low yields for most growers
• East Coast cucumbers are available out of Michigan and New York
  • Weather has been favorable
  • Quality is average
• Expect limited availability and high prices for the next four to six weeks (through September)

Idaho Potatoes

New Crop Burbanks

• New crop Burbank harvesting will begin in late September
• Fresh-run packer label supplies will be on the market while harvesting takes place
• Markon First Crop (MFC) Burbank Potatoes will enter the market in late October

New Crop Norkotahs

• Production of No. 2 potatoes will be extremely low as fresh-run Norkotah quality is excellent; the crop consists mainly of No. 1 grade stocks
• Prices will remain elevated through early September
• Size is dominated by 80- through 100-count potatoes; 40- through 70-count sizes are limited
• Order lead-time and flexible loading dates will be needed for coverage

Onions

• The MFC California season will come to an end this week
• MFC Onions from New Mexico will remain available through the end of August
• The Colorado season is expected start the week of August 26
• Utah-grown supplies are set to hit the market the first week of September
• Early, fresh-run onions out of the Northwest will have a rounder, more globe-like shape than stocks shipped during the spring/summer months

Please contact your Markon customer service representative for more information.

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