Spring planting balances high inputs and economic uncertainty with good markets
With some seeds already being dropped for the July 4th watermelon pull, right now supplies are steady on winter watermelons. “They’re expensive but that’s how they normally are at this time of year,” says Dennis Peterson of Riverbend Fresh LLC. Currently, watermelons are coming from Mexico and will continue to be until late May when production transitions over to California and
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