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The Mexican mango season began in January with Ataulfo mangos. The weather has been ideal in many areas, and retailers can expect to see a big crop this year of yellow mangos from southern Mexico.

Mission Produce is gearing up for its second season of Mexican mangos. The upcoming season will see more varieties and pack styles than their first year.

California’s 2022 avocado crop is expected to be about 15% larger than last year’s, and prices likely will be higher, too.

Wynne, Ark.-based Matthews Ridgeview Farms is the state’s largest grower/shipper of sweet potatoes, and the firm is expanding acreage again this year, says sales manager Autumn Campbell.

Peebles Organic, Augusta, Ark., is a USDA-certified organic vegetable operation that farms about 2,000 acres, said Shawn Peebles, owner and general manager.

South Carolina and North Carolina are a powerful one-two punch for U.S. watermelon availability.

Part of that hard-won dominance is due to the state’s perfect combination of soils and temperatures that sweet potatoes need, says the North Carolina Department of Agriculture.

North Carolina’s potato growers will deliver big volume of fresh and chipping potatoes this summer for a relatively short marketing period.

To put the magnitude of North Carolina’s sweet potato crop in context, picture more than 13,000 refrigerated truckloads lining up to distribute the crop all across the U.S.

Raleigh, N.C.-based L&M Companies has an ample supply of Carolina produce commodities in the months ahead, company leaders said.