Historic high pricing on Mexican cucumbers
Currently, cucumbers are seeing pricing as high as $40-$44/box (supers). "Markets have reached these levels before but not in mid-February during peak production," says Tony Incaviglia, vice president of sales at GR Fresh.
The cause traces back to plantings for the winter season that began in Mexico in August and September. This was intended to produce cucumbers after the
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