date:Jun 22, 2016
mand not at peak levels, prices have been middling. On June 20, prices for a flat of strawberries from Salinas were mostly between $8.00 and $9.00, and prices for a flat from Santa Maria were mostly between $7.00 and $8.00. Johnston believes those soft prices will encourage some shippers to divert more production to processing.
Santa Maria has had four solid months of production, so they could dedicate more to processing just to take the edge off the market, he said. You can still get a good fr