This Week at the Farm

·    Favorable climatic conditions continue

·    Very light night time drizzles accumulated 5.3 mm (0.25 inches) of precipitation

·    The forecast is for these conditions to persist for the following weeks.

·    Natural Flowering harvest to take place weeks 20 through 22 arrivals in the market

·    With stable and favorable climatic conditions we anticipate outstanding quality during the peak

·    Efforts to increase shell color of our fruit is yielding anecdotal evidence of consumers’ preference

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· One single rainy day brought 43.2 MM (1 ¾ inches) of precipitation

· April has started and the forecast is to continue dry and warm

· NDF threat fades into memory

· Inventory of NDF plants almost complete

· Harvest peak significantly less than last year and predicted to be of short duration

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· Favorable climatic conditions continue

· Scattered showers brought 18.7 mm (.75 inches) of precipitation

· All good husbandry practices up to date

· Fruit quality is outstanding

· External color in the 0.5 to 1.5 color spectrum

· Average sugar content 14.8

· Internal maturity mostly B

· Peak harvest estimated for weeks 18 through 20

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· Optimal climatic conditions continue

· 29.1 mm (1.14 inches) of well distributed precipitation recorded

· Minimum air temperature @ 21.6°C ( 70.8°F)

· One evening with reported minimum below 20°C (68°F)

· Farms continue to increase harvest age

· NDF identification almost complete, a peak volume harvest predicted for weeks 18 to 21 harvest.

· Easter supply and demand both strong with excellent quality!

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· Favorable climatic conditions continue –

· Well distributed showers brought 40.3 mm (1.5 inches) of precipitation

· Only one night with nighttime low temperatures at 20°C (68 °F)

· Focusing on “the art of fruit ripening” – due to changing internal and external fruit maturation pace – a result of favorable climate.

· NDF identification process continues

· Forecasting increased shipments during the month of May

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· A few late night showers brought 18.5 mm (.75 inches) of precipitation

· Slight increase in air and soil temperatures

· Minimum temperatures above 20°C (68 °F) = reduced threat of NDF event

· While land preparation may be interrupted, the rainfall was badly needed.

· Quality continues to be outstanding

· Both volume and demand on the rise in preparation for the Easter pull

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· Increased precipitation during the week = the good news

· 62.1 mm ( 2.4 inches) of rainfall recorded

· Harvest age increase continues

· The majority of our crop harvested at 21 and 22 WAF

· The tally of NDF continues with the placement of color ribbons to identify age.

· The incidence of NDF is higher than anticipated possibly due to the stress of many nights with minimum temperatures below 20°C (68°F) and the long lasting drought

· NDF harvest to commence with limited volume week 18

· See you all at the SEPC – Southern Innovations 2019

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· Light showers brought some relief to the water stressed plantations:

· 13.9 mm ( a little more than ½ inch) of precipitation recorded.

· The minimum temperatures rose to 22.1°C (72°F) decreasing concerns re NDF stress

· Quality continues to be outstanding.

· Farm efforts at increasing and maintaining external color are demonstrating good results

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· Dry spell continues with only 2.8 mm (1/10th inch) of rainfall

· Plantation shows a few early signs of water stress

· Weather forecast does call for some rain in the coming days

· Still having some nights with minimum temperatures at 68°F (20°C)

· Harvest age increase continues and helps to counter slower maturation process due climatic conditions

· Fruit quality remains outstanding

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· Dry spell continues

· 1 mm (0.0394 inch) of precipitation recorded this week

· The forecast is for more of the same for a few more weeks

· Minimum temperatures continue to drop during the evenings

· Some nighttime temperatures down to 20°C (68°F) and even a few degrees below

· This could stress plants to flower naturally

· Farm increasing harvest age to maintain sugar content and internal quality at optimum levels

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