National Loading Opportunties

Going from East to West  with U.S. produce shipping areas, in Florida I’m not sure why rates are little, if any more to Boston than to New York City.  Afterall, you’ve got another 200 miles to Boston from Florida.  Of course, Boston traditionally offers fewer return loads.  So if you can gross $3600 to New York, surely a load of Florida vegetables, melons etc. should be getting close to $4000.

Southern Georgia shipments are cranking up with peppers, squash, greens and cabbage, while Southeastern Georgia Vidalia onions are in full shipping mode.  Overall, expect Vidalia onion loadings to be off 20 to 30 percent this season due to disease.

In South Texas, sweet onion shipments are two to three weeks ahead of schedule and should be pretty much finished around May 10th.  The Lower Rio Grande Valley also is loading items ranging from citrus, to beets, greens, cabbage, etc.

There are steady shipments of Idaho potatoes — grossing about $4200 to Atlanta.

The same holds for storage onions from the Idaho and Malhuer County, Oregon region — grossing about $5400 to Baltimore.

South Texas produce – about $2800 to Los Angeles.

Vidalia, GA onions – about $2600 to Chicago.