March 30, 2017

March 30, 2017

  Market Notes March 30, 2017 TRANSITION IS NOW It is good riddens to Yuma. One of the rougher ones we have had in recent years. In the past it was often equipment but our ag geniuses have gotten past that. Nope, this year it was nothing more than Mother Nature. From...
March 30, 2017

March 23, 2017

  Market Notes March 23, 2017 TRANSITION CONDITION It is not the prettiest of pictures. While we had a brief reminder of what good weather in the desert can be, it lasted nary a week. Then got nasty hot and wiped out whatever remaining organics we had. Fortunately we...
March 30, 2017

March 16, 2017

  Market Notes March 16, 2017 THINGS GREEN The amazingly beautiful weather in Yuma is making our last pickings shine. Baby lettuce remains limited, but our customers love what is in the box. To some degree we can provide specific varieties but BMX seems to prevail. In...
March 30, 2017

March 9, 2017

  Market Notes March 9, 2017 YUMA SCHMOOMA There are no new plantings in Yuma. The harvests that remain will be the last as preparations are being made for processing and harvesting points north. First Huron and King City area for the next few weeks and then, April...
March 30, 2017

March 2, 2017

  Market Notes March 2, 2017 THE GREEN SCENE TURNED VERY MEAN Forget the fact that our primary supplier had not one, but two compressors explode that complicated production for the past five days. Forget the fact that the rain has stopped and sunny days (and cool...