Vegetables
Asparagus
Market is realizing the lowest price point seen in a very long time with many growers shifting to a 28lb pack to help clear volume. All sizing is plentiful, quality is excellent.
Bell Peppers – Alert
East – Green supply is better, red and yellow is fairly tight and market remains high. Quality is fair.
West – Green supply is better, market reflects lower. Red and yellow peppers remain in demand exceeds supplies for another 7–10 days.
Broccoli
Market holding mostly steady with good supplies and moderate demand.
Broccolini
Rain has impacted harvesting and yields are down on all varieties, demand exceeds supplies. Weather is improving and should help to bring on volume, but it is still a couple of week away.
Cabbage – Green & Red
Supplies and quality good on both red and green. Market mostly steady on red, a bit up on green.
Cauliflower
Market is coming off as most suppliers are meeting the current demand with better supplies.
Celery
Market mainly steady with good supplies and moderate demand.
Cilantro/Parsley
Cilantro and Parsley supplies and overall quality look good. Market mainly steady for on Parsley and cilantro up a bit.
Corn – Alert
East – Supplies remain limited; quality is fair, demand exceeds supplies and the market very strong.
West – both white and bi color are now being harvested but volume is still low on both.
Field Cucumber
East – Supplies extremely limited. The market is very high, the quality is good and there are less imported each week.
Domestic product out of Florida will start mid–March.
West – supplies are improving but not enough to fill the pipeline.
Lettuce & Romaine
Market is firm on lettuce and stronger on romaine with lighter supplies due to the recent rain and hail events, which is impacting yields at the field level. Expect markets to remain elevated for a couple of weeks.
Onions – White – Alert
No quality inventory is available from Idaho. Washington white onion supplies continue to decrease. Mexico has yet to cross into the US certified onions. We expect inventory crossing from Mexico to improve each week.
Potatoes – Russets
Supplies are good for all sizes and demand remains slow but steady. The market remains unchanged. Quality is good.
Squash – Alert Yellow
East – Zucchini is plentiful and the markets have come off. Yellow is still fairly tight and holding at higher prices. Quality has been ok.
West – Volume increased on zucchini, market lower, quality is good. Yellow squash remains short supply and higher pricing.
Tomatoes – Alert
Round, grape, and cherry varieties remain on alert status due to limited availability (especially rounds). Roma markets remain steady due to readily available volume both east and west.