Produce Updates
September 28 (2016)
Of Interest:
Not a lot of change this week. Lockyer Valley produce is almost at the end. Granite Belt and Victorian produce to start in a couple of weeks. Market will experience some ups and downs until then.
Heavy rain in Victoria/South Australia forecast may affect the market. Our new website is about to go live in the next week, you will be able to access this newsletter and other updated information including viewing our Instagram and Facebook updates. More details will be available next newsletter.
| VEGETABLES | SUPPLY | COMMENTS |
| Beans | Good | Prices good, and the beans are good quality. They are currently coming from Fassifern Valley in Qld |
| Broccoli | Good | Prices are good and coming from the growing area of Lockyer Valley |
| Cabbage | Good | Quality good from Qld |
| Capsicum | Short | Up but stable in price from North Qld |
| Carrots | Short | Prices firm, very sweet and coming from the Lockyer Valley |
| Cauliflower | Good supply | Prices stable and from Lockyer Valley |
| Cucumber (continental) | Good | Good value and coming out of Qld |
| Cucumber Lebanese | Limited | Prices are up but the quality is good |
| Eggplant | Good | Prices stable |
| Eschallots | Good | Prices are good, coming out of the Lockyer Valley |
| Chinese Vegetables | Good | Prices are stable |
| Lettuce | Good | Prices down a little from the Lockyer Valley |
| Lettuce Variety | Good | Baby Gems, Cosberg, Baby Cos (roots on) |
| Salad Leaf | Light | Average quality from VIC |
| Fancy Lettuce | Good | Quality is good coming from one of our local farmers from the Sunshine Coast |
| Potatoes (washed) | Short | Prices firm and coming out of SA |
| Snowpeas | Good | Prices are back a little, Central Qld |
| Sweet potato | Light | Prices up coming from Central Qld |
| Pumpkin | Good | Prices stable coming from North Qld |
| Tomatoes | Light | Prices are firm coming out of North Qld |
| Cherry Tomatoes | Short | Prices up slightly |
| Spray free Cherry Tomatoes | Good | Local supply from a Sunshine Coast Farmer, including punnets of yellow and black cherry. Smell like they are home grown and very tasty |
| Zucchini | Light | Prices are high from Bundaberg |
| Asparagus | Good | Prices stable from Victoria |
| FRUIT | ||
| Apples | Light | Prices are very firm coming from VIC small apples are Royal Gala beautiful eating. Larger Apples are Pink Ladys. |
| Avocadoes | Good | Prices stable coming out of QLD and NZ |
| Bananas | Short | Stable from North Qld |
| Grapes | Imported | Prices firm USA |
| Lemons | Short | Prices firm (QLD and SA) |
| Limes | Very short | Prices firm |
| Pineapples | Good | Spring time and beautiful local pineapples from the Sunshine Coast |
| Rockmelons | Good | Prices firm from North Qld |
| Honeydew | Very short | Prices firm also out of North Qld |
| Watermelon | Short | Quality is better coming out of North Qld |
| Mangoes | Short | Prices are high still but beautiful eating from NT |
| Mandarin | Winding up | Season coming to an end down to our last few days |
| Peaches | Early fruit | Early fruit is poor quality from Northern NSW |
| Nectarines | Early fruit available | Early fruit is poor quality from Northern NSW |
| Oranges | Good | Prices are firm from the districts of SA |
| Pears | Light | Prices firm from VIC |
| Berries (ras) | Short | Price firm from Northern NSW |
| Blueberries | Good supply | Prices are good from Northern NSW |
| HERBS | Some lines are up in price | |
| Basil | Good | Local supply |
| Thai Basil | Good | Local supply |
| Italian Parsley | Good | Local supply |
| Parsley curly | Good | Local supply |
| Dill | Good | Local supply |
| Kale | Good | Local supply |
| Onion chives | Good | Local supply |
| Rosemary | Good | Local supply |
| Mint | Good | Prices stable |
| Micro herbs | Good | Some of our micro herbs are from our spray free local farmer on the Coast, check out Instagram page for the latest photos of these, they are beautiful. |
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