Eastern Produce Shipping Update

In Florida while some vegetable shipments, such as peppers are on the decline, items such as potatoes, watermelons and tomatoes are providing better loading opportunities. 

Florida is shipping about 500 truckloads of potatoes weekly and product is now coming out of the Hastings/Palatka area…..Watermelons are moving in much heavier volume, over 2,200 truckloads a week, from southern and central Florida.  There also is good volume with tomatoes from the southern and central parts of the state.

 If you are in Florida and need to fill out the truck, southern Georgia continues to ship greens, squash and other vegetables….Vidalia onions are now moving in good volume….In the Ft. Valley area, peach shipments have started…..Peaches in South Carolina are only a few days behind Georgia and both states  should provide good loading opportunities – especially through the month of June.

South Carolina also has light to moderate volume with greens, sweet onions, cabbage, parsley and cilantro.  Coming in June will be  shipments of corn, tomatoes and peppers.

Looking ahead, North Carolina loading opportunities for watermelons and cantaloupe will be coming the last half of June.

Southern New Jersey continues to ship light amounts of lettuce and asparagus.  These items will be winding down with the month of May, but will be replaced in June with vegetables ranging from bell peppers, cucumbers, green beans, tomatoes, as well as blueberries and peaches.

Central Florida tomatoes, watermelons – grossing about $4100 to New York City.

Georgia vegetables – about $2700 to Philadlephia.