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Avocado supplies are extremely limited due to transitioning crops in Mexico, labor strikes, and grower-delayed harvests. Iceberg lettuce prices will continue to inch up next week as low weights and strong processor demand put upward pressure on markets.   

Avocados

• Supplies will continue to decrease for the next two weeks
• Mexican growers are currently not harvesting fruit in an effort to generate higher prices; other reports indicate labor protests as well as growers unifying to delay harvests
• California stocks are available, but the season has peaked and supplies will diminish over the next several weeks
• The current market is elevated at historically high levels and expected to hold for the next few weeks until Mexican fruit begins crossing into the United States

Iceberg Lettuce

• Markon First Crop Premium Iceberg is sporadic due to inconsistent weights; Markon Best Available will be substituted as needed
• Low weights are strengthening processor demand and tightening supplies throughout the industry
• Quality problems such as growth cracking, insect pressure, small heads, and wind damage are reducing yields
• Expect limited stocks and rising markets into next week

Please contact your Markon customer service representative for more information.

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