The Packer reported this week that rain and cold weather in Florida and up north has reduced the supplies of cabbage at a bad time for St. Patrick’s Day, coming up in mid-March. You can read the story at https://www.thepacker.com/news/rain-cold-cut-st-pat%E2%80%99s-cabbage-supplies.
They reported separately that “A wild mix of cold, hot and wet weather continued to wreak havoc on strawberry supplies in February.” The weather impacted California strawberry volumes most of all, while Florida strawberries were more stable and were used to supplement the California shortfall. You can read that at https://www.thepacker.com/news/strawberry-supplies-remain-dicey-situation.
