Strawberry Fields and a pause in the market

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ERS just released a report on strawberries Here is a chart I put together based on monthly shipment figures from the report.

If New York City wholesale prices are any indication, buyers appear to be taking a break from bidding up citrus in post-freeze trading. Shippers first grade navels, size 72s, were quoted at $28-30 per carton this morning, just slightly off from the market of $28-32 yesterday.


Argentina's fresh citrus can't come to the U.S. now because of citrus canker, but one APHIS spokesman said that the agency will be working on a protocol for Argentina after it gets all of its ducks in a row on domestic quarantine issues related to Florida citrus.