Posts Tagged “North Carolina watermelon shipments”
From South Carolina peaches to Tar Heel state watermelons and finally – New York vegetables, here some loading opportunities.
South Carolina peaches shippers are touting one of their best seasons ever.
The peach state should easily surpass 4 million 25-pound boxes this season. This compares to last season when 3.5 million boxes were shipped.
South Carolina now has 20,000 acres of peach orchards, and recently surpassed the half-way mark in the season. The biggest peach shipper in the state is Titan Farms in Ridge Spring, SC, which has shipped about a million boxes this season and another million boxes is left to be moved. The shipper is reported to be loading about 100 truck loads per week.
Another shipper in the state is McLeod Farms in McBee, SC, which has peaches coming of off 650 acres.
South Carolina ranks second in peach shipments, with the Upstate and The Ridge area of the state, producing about 80 percent of the state’s peaches.
South Carolina peaches and vegetables – grossing bout $3200 to New York City.
North Carolina Watermelon Shipments
Watermelon rates went a little “crazy” this past week from the Tar Heel state, jumping by as much as 35 percent to Baltimore and Philly. Volume has jumped, with the state moving over 600 truck loads per week.
North Carolina watermelons – grossing about $1600 Baltimore.
New York Produce Shipments
Cabbage, beans and other vegetables from central and western areas of New York state are increasing in volume.
Here’s a look a several East Coast produce shipping areas that have already started, or will be getting under way soon, ranging from Michigan to North Carolina, New Jersey, New York and Maine.
Michigan
Michigan is the nation’s number one shipper of blueberries and should ship over 100 million pounds of fresh and frozen “blues” this season. Peak loadings will begin heading into August.
North Carolina
Shipments of the old crop (2012-13) of sweet potatoes in North Carolina is winding down. For the new season, it appears there will be a significant reduction in North Carolina sweet potato shipments. It’s looking like the new harvest may extend into October instead of instead of a month or more. Initial projections see truck loadings will be down 10 percent this coming season.
North Carolina is the nation’s top shipper of sweet potatoes and production this season is expected to fall from about 62,000 to 57,000 acres.
North Carolina watermelon shipments are underway and are paying truckers as much as 25 percent on freight than sweet potatoes, which the latter is historically are one of the cheaper produce items to haul.
New York
Excessive rains and recent triple digit heat may cut Orange County, New York’s onion shipments by 10 percent this coming season. Limited harvest is underway. These storage onions are typically shipped to East Coast markets through April.
New Jersey
New Jersey has bee shipping peaches for about two weeks and loadings are now in good volume, with peak shipments hitting any time now. New Jersey peach shipments will run through the end of September.
Maine
Greenhouse tomato shipper Backyard Farms of Madison, WI, which grows 27 million pounds of tomatoes a year is ripping outits entire crop of half a million tomato plants in an effort to eradicate an infestation of white flies.
The decision to replant its entire crop means the firm’s tomatoes, marketed as Backyard Beauties at supermarkets such as Hannaford and Shaw’s, will not be available for hauling until late October.