Transportation is becoming an issue in Idaho. With California getting cranked up with melons, veg and summer fruit the demand for trucks is increasing. Many trucks are able to deadhead from Idaho to California and take loads to the Midwest or east coast and still have a […]
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11
Jun
2013
TRANSPORTATION-6/11/13
07
Jun
2013
FRIDAY UPDATE-6/7/13
The week closed with potatoes having a stronger feeling all sizes of cartons, consumers, and U.S.#2’s. We expect all potatoes to be higher priced next week. We know they will be at least 50 cents higher and maybe even a dollar. Quality remains one of the biggest […]
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05
Jun
2013
PRODUCE UPDATE-6/5/13
POTATOES: We expect to see prices increase on cartons. The suprise is why consumers haven’t gone up? All the shippers we talked to are sort on consumers and they will be going up as well. We expect to see a constant increase in cartons over the next […]
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31
May
2013
MARKET UPDATE-5/31/13
POTATOES: With supplies tightening in both Idaho and Washington we expect to see a continuing increase in the price. We strongly recommend that you give a bit more lead time to make sure you get exactly what you want. We are using our quality control team a […]
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29
May
2013
POTATO UPDATE-5/29/13
As we move into the summer season, we are starting to see that we may not have as many potatoes as we thought. It appears that between a hard push by the fresh shippers early in the season and processor activity, we are a bit shorter of […]
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25
May
2013
MEMORIAL DAY-5/27/13
If we stop to think about what this weekend is really about, the produce business is not very important. Many of you are old enough to remember when Memorial Day was call Decreation Day. It was orginally stated to remember those that died in the Civil War […]
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22
May
2013
UPDATE-5/22
The potato markets seem to have settled a bit for the moment. Business was slow after Mother’s Day, which is to be expected, but hasn’t seem to really pick up for Memorial Day. Next week being a short week will take some planning if we are going […]
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17
May
2013
Potato & Onion update-5/17/13
The Idaho potato markets seems to have calmed a bit. The dramatic shift from Norkota’s to Burbank’s caused shockwaves that were a bit unexpected. The lower pack-outs and smaller size profile cause the market to expand much faster than one would normally expect in Idaho. We still think we […]
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15
May
2013
PRODUCE UPDATE-5/15/13
Potato markets continue to increase on the cartons. As we mentioned previously, the pack out on the Burbank’s is not even close to the Norkota’s. This means that fewer cartons are being packed out of this crop. This will cause the price to increase. We were urge […]
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10
May
2013
PRODUCE UPDATE-5/10/13
As we close the week, we see the onion market closing about where it has been. Both California and Texas are faced with large size onions and not many mediums. As the weather warms in California the crop is coming along quickly and Texas has plenty of […]
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