Market Update 18/03/25

A number of prices have come back in the past few days and will continue into this week which is always good news. Cauliflower, Broccoli and Avocado the stand outs. The Hass Avocado season is now over for a few weeks. We have transitioned to the Sirprize variety. This is an in-between season variety with a slightly roughish skin. They start green and ripen to a dark black/purple looking skin. They do become quite soft to the touch when ripe however when cut present with a lovely creamy flesh. Mushrooms this week also of good value with the large white flats and white cups best value. Other value product includes Capsicum and Sweet Corn. The stone fruit season is nearing an end. Plums, however, are good value and eat well. They will be around for a few more weeks. A range of local apples are becoming available with local Gala and Honeycrisp available, local pink ladies are a couple of weeks away. Local Beechworth Chestnuts are now available. The Mango season also at an end with limited stock available. The Kiett variety will be the last variety for his season for us. Green Mangoes are also extremely scarce. Citrus remains good value along with Rockmelon to give some options. New season Australian Pomegranates are available and super cheap. Make the most of these. Good quality Hand Picked Beans continue to be firmer in price although back a little from previous weeks. Most Tomato lines have seen prices up and down as the extreme heat in South Australia affects supply. In regard to Cyclone Alfred in Queensland. Land fall was mostly over metropolitan areas leaving most of the growing regions alone. Some heavy rain and flooding has impacted some regions though. There has been some transport issues but in general no market effect as yet. It does usually however take time for any impact to be felt from these weather events. We will keep you updated.