Hammonton, N.J.-based International Fruit Co. will see bigger imported citrus volume this summer, says Norman Barao, vice president of sales and marketing.
With citrus harvest ending from Florida in May, citrus distributor PJ Citrus, Doral, Fla., will source citrus from California, said Julyann Borges, president of the company.
Radish volume in Western Michigan is expected stable for the Van Solkema Family Farm, said Adam Harnish, sales representative for the Byron Center, Mich.-based company.
Record temperatures in late June brought triple-digit heat to much of Washington and Oregon, but industry observers said the potato crop enjoyed near-perfect growing conditions until then.
Burlington, Wash.-based Double-N Potatoes, a grower of premium, fresh-market colored potatoes in Washington’s Skagit Valley, expects similar acreage compared with last year, said Ryan Schols, chief financial officer.
