Georgia fall produce shipments are underway, and should provide steady, although only moderate loading opportunities. The Carolinas have light volume veggies.
There are adequate supplies of bell peppers, cucumbers, squash, eggplant, sweet corn, green beans and cabbage coming out of Southern Georgia. One of the state’s largest vegetable shippers is Southern Valley Fruit & Vegetable Inc., based in Norman Park.
Another good sized vegetable shipper is Baker Farms LLC in Norman Park, Ga., which started shipping leafy greens, including kale and collard greens, on September 14th. Baker ships product throughout the year but increases its fall volume in September.
A number of Florida-based vegetable shippers also have farming and marketing operations in Georgia. One example is Pioneer Growers Co-op of Belle Glade, FL, which plans to start harvesting sweet corn and green beans in Bainbridge, Ga., in late September.
Carolina Vegetable Shipments
You’re probably not going to be finding full loads of produce in Georgia, and certainly not in the Carolinas this fall. There is light volume with greens from the Lexington, SC area, as well as from Eastern North Carolina. Even sweet potato shipments are lighter than normal from Eastern, NC. The old crop in virtually finished, while the harvest is underway for a new crop that needs to be cured before being shipped.
Otherwise, Western North Carolina has a number of vegetables ranging from bell peppers to eggplant and squash, all of which have light volume.