date:Apr 21, 2014
tell how volume of fruit will play out this year. Demand, especially coming off of a cold winter in northeastern markets, is looking good.
Demand has been good, said Barfield. I think it has to do with weather, and Easter probably has something to do with it as well. Prices, though not extremely high, have been okay, according to Barfield.
We started harvesting the last week of March and there will probably be watermelons from Florida into June, he said. We've started out really good, and we'