Category: Reefer markets

The U.S. Bank Freight Payment Index showed growth in Q2 2022 as another indication that a freight recession isn’t on the immediate horizon.

Watermelons grow well in the widespread hot and dry weather prevalent this summer, and these conditions are bringing on the melons faster with a sweeter profile.

While overall produce volumes are down just under 15% this season, carriers hauling fruit and vegetables out of major growing regions into major capital cities are having a great year.

By Christina Ellington Produce peak season is underway. However, this season is not off to a strong start due to

By Christina Ellington, DAT iQ The Georgia peach season has begun, according to Georgia’s oldest operating peach packinghouse Dickey’s farms,

Last year, the USDA was reporting a shortage of trucks in 9/22 produce growing regions and a slight shortage in

Record import volumes in 2021 and the resulting port congestion on the West Coast substantially impacted refrigerated exports last year.

Truckload capacity has been tight in Central and South Florida in the last few weeks as the region transitions from

This week, the strawberry shipping season ramps up in the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World, centered around Plant City,

As winter sets in, shippers have been increasingly adding freeze protection or protect-from-freeze (PFF) to bills of lading to traditional

Mexico is the largest avocado producer in the world, accounting for 30% of global production. But due to a greater

Sunny California produces just over 80% of U.S. lemon production annually. Most of that production occurs between December and June