<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Central California</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Eric Anderson<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">4.5.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>As the transition from the desert districts to central California takes place, bunched broccoli and broccoli crowns are in tight supply.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">However, quality is improving and prices are expected to ease in the near future.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Tight supplies and high prices of cauliflower are expected to continue into next week. Production in the Salinas Valley is expected to increase by mid-April, which should ease prices, according to Produce Alliance.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Carton weights of cauliflower are slightly below average, and rough curd and yellow caste are showing up in many packs.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.producealliance.com/marketreports/PA130404.pdf" target="_new"> Produce Alliance </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
