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Monday
Aug082011

Hot Summer Days

We are in the middle of our typical hot time during the summer, but all in all, it has been rather mild.  We have not seen prolonged periods of time above 100 degrees as we might and have only had a few days above 106 degrees.  How this is going to play out for this coming season's crop is anyone's quess.

The upcoming navel crop, as wll as the moro bloods looks to be lighter than last year.  Most of the "old-timers" are quessing the crop to be 15 to 20 percent off of last year's limb buster, so we should see a manageable crop of navels and less volume of moro bloods than last year. The cara crop is also slightly off, but due to increased plantings and tree growth, we will see an overall increase in volume. 

The navels look to have a good round shape and are sizing well in this summer period.  The official C.A.S.S. estimate comes out in September.  Stay tuuned...

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