date:Oct 15, 2021
ntly and it raises the level of risk for bacterial problems.
Mexico supplies 75-80 percent of U.S. papayas year round. Peterson notes that some volumes are coming in from Guatemala and a bit from Brazil as well.
Roller-coaster demand
Meanwhile demand for papaya has been on the softer side. It comes in waves where all of the sudden the demand gets good but then a few weeks later it falls off and then it gets good again. Its a little up and down, says Peterson.
That said, he notes that general