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Volatile late summer and early fall weather, that turned into a heat wave hitting triple digits in some areas, will be making otherwise normal California lettuce hauling opportunities more difficult to predict.
This also could very well increase your chances of claims at destination. Abnormally hot weather can lead to seed stem and puffer heads, not to mention tip burn and possibly some mildrew. Just use extra caution with California lettuce shipments the next few weeks.
Shippers already are expecting some shipping gaps with lettuce towards in the end of October. Lettuce loading opportunities also will likely be diminished because the seasonal transition from the Salinas Valley to the Huron District in the San Joaquin Valley may not be very smooth. Due to the extreme drought and the water shortages, there will be less volume coming out of Huron, which normally ships for about three to four weeks, beginning in late October. Once Huron is finished, the season shifts to the Imperial Valley and Yuma District.
Produce truckers will probably about as good luck picking up other vegetables items such as broccoli and cauliflower out of Salinas or Santa Maria, or carrots from the Bakersfield area.
San Joaquin Valley grapes continue to provide as heavy a volume as anything out of California, currently averaging about 800 truckloads per week.
Central San Joaquin Valley grapes – grossing about $7300 to New York City.