Cauliflower and Celery In Tight Supply Due to Weather Complications


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Tue. April 23rd, 2013

<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%">Salinas and Oxnard, CA</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Jordan Okumura<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">04.23.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Due to cooler than normal temperatures, cauliflower is in very short supply this week and FOB prices are in the low $20’s. Celery is still primarily in the Oxnard region with very tight supply and high prices due to seeder and quality issues.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Celery has experienced seeder issues due to cold weather when the young celery transplants were first put into the ground, growers tell AndNowUKnow. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Broccoli supplies have been ample but are slowly tightening with prices firming. The majority of other items are in good supply with low prices.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>The industry has already experienced a mixed bag of supplies due to cool temperatures in California as companies transitioned from the growing regions of Arizona and California, and moved into Salinas. Low temperatures caused production delays in Salinas and Oxnard that created a short gap in supply.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Stay tuned to AndNowUKnow for updates on weather.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">