date:Dec 10, 2018
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City Wide is currently pulling broccoli from the Santa Maria, Ca. region.
Overall, Im hearing the desert is down in production because not as much was planted compared to previous years. Both Mexico and the desert experienced poor markets last year so thats why acreage looks down in both areas, says Gupta. It seems suppliers may just have enough for their contracts.
He notes that production is down across the board and it varies from grower to grower.
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