Fruit and Vegetable TRUCK RATE REPORT

Fruit and Vegetable TRUCK RATE REPORT United States Agricultural Marketing Service 2202 Monterey St. Suite 104-F Department of Fruit and Vegetable Programs Fresno, CA 93721 Agriculture Market News Division Phone: 559-487-5178 FAX: 487-5199 Volume XXXV - Number 5 Issued Weekly Wednesday, January 30, 2013 http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/portal/fv FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY JANUARY 29 2013 Rates quoted represent open (spot) market sales that shippers or receivers pay, depending on basis of sale, per load, including brokers' fees for shipments in truck load volume to a single destination. Extra charges for delivery to terminal markets, multi-pickup and multi-drop shipments are not included unless otherwise stated. Rates are based on the most usual loads in 48-53 foot refrigerated trailers from the origin shipping area to the destination receiving city. The ten cities of destination are Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Miami, Florida; New York, New York; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Seattle, Washington. DISTRICT/REGION TRUCK AVAILABILITY Surplus Slight Surplus Adequate Slight Shortage Shortage Imperial, Palo Verde & Coachella CA/Central & Western AZ Mexico Crossings Through Nogales, AZ Kern District CA Santa Maria California South District California San Luis Valley Colorado Central & South Florida South Florida South Georgia Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District ID Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon Louisiana Aroostock County Maine Michigan Minnesota-North Dakota (RRV) Mississippi Eastern North Carolina Nebraska Long Island, New York New York Western and Central New York Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas Mexico Crossings Through Texas Columbia Basin Washington Northwestern Washington Yakima Valley & Wenatchee District WA Central Wisconsin LAST REPORT

Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XXXV - Number 5 Page 2 Wednesday, January 30, 2013 FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 23-29 2013 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY JANUARY 29 2013 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY JANUARY 22 2013 SHOWN IN (). In areas where rates are based on package rates, per-load rates were derived by multiplying the package rate by the number of packages in the most usual load in a 48-53 foot trailer. IMPERIAL, PALO VERDE AND COACHELLA VALLEYS, CALIFORNIA AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN ARIZONA -- ICEBERG LETTUCE, BROCCOLI, LETTUCE ROMAINE, CAULIFLOWER AND LEAF LETTUCE SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 4600 4800 (-1) BALTIMORE 5500 5800 (-1) BOSTON 6500 6800 (+1) CHICAGO 4000 4400 (-2) DALLAS 3600 3900 3700 3800 LOS ANGELES 900 1200 1000 1100 (0) NEW YORK 6000 6400 6200 6300 (-1) PHILADELPHIA 5700 6000 5800 5900 (0) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- MIXED VEGETABLES, MELONS AND TOMATOES SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 3400 3600 3400 3500 (-4) CHICAGO 3000 3500 3200 3300 (-7) DALLAS 2000 2500 2000 (0) LOS ANGELES 1100 1450 1100 1200 (0) MIAMI 4500 5000 4500 4700 (-5) NEW YORK 4500 5000 4500 4700 (-3) PHILADELPHIA 4200 4700 4200 4500 (-2) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 4500 4800 (0) BALTIMORE 5600 5800 (0) BOSTON 6500 6800 (0) CHICAGO 4200 4500 (-1) DALLAS 3600 4000 LOS ANGELES 900 1100 900 1000 (0) NEW YORK 6000 6400 6200 6300 (+1) PHILADELPHIA 5700 6000 5800 5900 (-1) SEATTLE 2800 3000 (0) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 4600 4900 BALTIMORE 5700 5900 BOSTON 6600 6800 CHICAGO 4200 4400 DALLAS 3800 4000 LOS ANGELES 900 1100 950 1000 NEW YORK 6200 6500 PHILADELPHIA 5800 6100 SEATTLE 2700 2800 SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- STRAWBERRIES, RASPBERRIES AND CITRUS SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 4500 4800 (-1) BALTIMORE 5000 5800 5700 5800 (0) BOSTON 5200 6700 6000 6300 (-5) CHICAGO 4100 4300 (-2) DALLAS 3700 3900 (-3) NEW YORK 5000 6100 5900 6000 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 4800 5900 5800 (-3) SEATTLE 2600 2800 (+13) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO ATLANTA 2795 3225 2997 (0) BALTIMORE 3684 4300 4063 (0) BOSTON 4300 5500 4726 (0) CHICAGO 1935 2438 2214 (0) DALLAS 1448 1935 1710 (0) LOS ANGELES 1290 2008 1641 (0) MIAMI 3870 5590 4628 (0) NEW YORK 3440 5500 4411 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3440 4515 4050 (0) CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA -- TOMATOES, MIXED VEGETABLES, BERRIES SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 1000 1200 1000 1100 (-5) BALTIMORE 1800 2100 1800 2000 (-5) BOSTON 2800 3100 2800 3000 (-5) CHICAGO 1800 2300 1900 2100 (-5) NEW YORK 2400 2800 2400 2600 (-3) PHILADELPHIA 2100 2500 2200 2400 (-2) SOUTH FLORIDA -- MELONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1000 1300 1100 1200 (-8) BOSTON 2900 3200 3000 (-2) CHICAGO 2100 2400 2200 2400 (+2) NEW YORK 2400 2900 2600 2700 (+2) PHILADELPHIA 2200 2500 2300 2400 (0) SOUTH GEORGIA -- GREENS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 800 1000 800 (0) BOSTON 2600 3000 2800 (0) NEW YORK 2400 2800 2600 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO ATLANTA 4038 4463 (0) BALTIMORE 4888 5100 (0) BOSTON 5300 5525 (0) CHICAGO 2550 2975 (0) DALLAS 3188 3613 (0) LOS ANGELES 1488 1700 (0) MIAMI 5800 6163 (0) NEW YORK 5100 5525 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4888 5100 (0)

Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XXXV - Number 5 Page 3 Wednesday, January 30, 2013 IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON ATLANTA 4463 5100 (0) BALTIMORE 5313 6163 5525 5738 (0) BOSTON 6375 6800 6588 (0) CHICAGO 3188 3825 (0) DALLAS 3400 3825 (0) LOS ANGELES 1488 1700 (0) MIAMI 5950 6800 6375 (0) NEW YORK 5738 6163 5950 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5313 6163 5525 5738 (0) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 1500 1600 (0) NEW YORK 3000 3500 3200 (0) AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE BALTIMORE 1825 2075 1900 2000 (0) BOSTON 1250 1450 1250 1350 (0) NEW YORK 1575 1775 1600 1700 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1825 2075 1900 2000 (0) MICHIGAN CHICAGO 800 1000 (0) MIAMI 3300 3600 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) ATLANTA 3333 3763 3548 (0) BALTIMORE 3870 4085 3956 (0) BOSTON 4300 4730 4576 (0) CHICAGO 1720 1828 1738 (0) DALLAS 2580 3118 2983 (0) MIAMI 4730 6020 5117 (0) NEW YORK 4300 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3870 4085 3906 (0) MISSISSIPPI -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 800 1200 1000 (0) CHICAGO 1400 1700 1500 1650 (0) DALLAS 1300 1500 (0) EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA -- SWEET POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 1500 (0) BALTIMORE 1500 (0) BOSTON 2750 (0) CHICAGO 2500 (0) MIAMI 1500 2200 (0) NEW YORK 2250 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1750 (0) NEBRASKA -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE ATLANTA 2504 3188 2879 (0) CHICAGO 1625 2125 1876 (0) DALLAS 1522 2125 1771 (0) MIAMI 3796 5100 4612 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3112 4250 3534 (0) LONG ISLAND NEW YORK -- POTATOES ADEQUATE - LAST REPORT -- ATLANTA 1900 2100 (0) BALTIMORE 900 950 (0) BOSTON 1200 1300 (0) NEW YORK 800 850 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1000 1050 (0) NEW YORK -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1800 2000 2000 (0) BALTIMORE 1400 1600 1500 (0) BOSTON 1400 2000 1500 (0) CHICAGO 850 1500 1400 (0) MIAMI 2800 3000 2800 (0) NEW YORK 1000 1500 1400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1300 1500 1300 (0) NEW YORK BOSTON 1500 1800 (0) MIAMI 3400 3800 (0) NEW YORK 1400 1600 (0) WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK -- CABBAGE ADEQUATE -- BOSTON 1700 2000 (0) NEW YORK 1600 1800 (0) LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS -- CITRUS, HERBS, CABBAGE SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 2200 2600 2200 2400 (-8) BALTIMORE 3800 4200 3800 4000 (-4) BOSTON 4800 5200 5000 (-9) CHICAGO 2600 3000 (-2) DALLAS 1100 1300 1200 1300 (-7) LOS ANGELES 2500 3300 2800 3200 (-14) MIAMI 3000 3500 3000 3400 (0) NEW YORK 4300 4800 4300 4600 (-6) PHILADELPHIA 4100 4300 4200 4300 (+1) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- WATERMELON, LIMES, PLUM TOMATOES, CARROTS, BROCCOLI, MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SLIGHT SURPLUS -- ATLANTA 2200 2600 2200 2400 (-8) BALTIMORE 3800 4200 3800 4000 (-4) BOSTON 4800 5200 5000 (-9) CHICAGO 2600 3000 (-2) DALLAS 1100 1300 1200 1300 (-7) LOS ANGELES 2500 3300 2800 3200 (-14) MIAMI 3000 3500 3000 3400 (0) NEW YORK 4300 4800 4300 4600 (-6) PHILADELPHIA 4100 4300 4200 4300 (+1)

Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XXXV - Number 5 Page 4 Wednesday, January 30, 2013 COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5313 6375 5525 5950 (0) BALTIMORE 5950 6588 6375 (0) BOSTON 6800 7225 (0) CHICAGO 4360 4675 (0) DALLAS 5100 5313 (0) LOS ANGELES 2125 2550 2338 (0) MIAMI 7013 7438 7225 7438 (0) NEW YORK 6800 7438 7225 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5950 6588 6375 (0) NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON ATLANTA 5494 6868 6187 (0) BALTIMORE 5464 7050 6530 (0) BOSTON 6200 7750 7030 (0) CHICAGO 4236 5295 4632 (0) DALLAS 4514 6000 5289 (0) LOS ANGELES 2000 2995 2458 (0) MIAMI 6824 8530 7785 (0) NEW YORK 5824 7280 6761 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5754 7193 6609 (0) SEATTLE 400 600 500 (0) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4700 5500 4800 5300 (-4) BALTIMORE 4700 5300 4700 5100 (-4) BOSTON 5100 6000 5100 5500 (-4) CHICAGO 3400 3900 3400 3500 (-3) DALLAS 3400 4100 3500 3900 (-4) MIAMI 5100 6000 5300 5500 (-4) NEW YORK 4700 5500 5000 5300 (-4) PHILADELPHIA 4700 5300 4700 4800 (-4) SEATTLE 1100 1200 1100 (0) CENTRAL WISCONSIN ATLANTA 2337 2763 (0) BALTIMORE 2763 2975 (0) BOSTON 3400 3613 (0) CHICAGO 750 1168 (0) DALLAS 2763 2975 (0) MIAMI 4000 4725 4400 4620 (0) NEW YORK 3200 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2763 2975 (0) TRUCK SHIPMENTS OF FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SHIPMENTS ARE IN 40,000 POUND UNITS. INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO REVISION.

Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XXXV - Number 5 Page 5 Wednesday, January 30, 2013 Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices Prices in Dollars Per Gallon Date U.S. New Central Lower Rocky West East Coast Midwest Gulf Coast Average England Atlantic Atlantic Mtn Coast California 01/28/13 3.927 4.023 4.181 4.106 3.931 3.866 3.845 3.736 4.049 4.137 01/21/13 3.902 4.000 4.158 4.089 3.904 3.845 3.831 3.678 4.004 4.082 01/14/13 3.894 4.002 4.168 4.094 3.901 3.834 3.824 3.661 3.988 4.063 01/07/13 3.911 4.006 4.153 4.107 3.902 3.870 3.837 3.688 3.988 4.048 12/31/12 3.918 4.006 4.154 4.105 3.904 3.885 3.830 3.746 3.991 4.045 12/24/12 3.923 4.006 4.153 4.112 3.899 3.893 3.833 3.791 3.989 4.052 12/17/12 3.945 4.027 4.155 4.134 3.923 3.918 3.847 3.866 3.997 4.051 12/10/12 3.991 4.069 4.175 4.174 3.970 3.977 3.874 3.938 4.042 4.093 12/03/12 4.027 4.096 4.221 4.202 3.994 4.014 3.901 3.989 4.097 4.139 11/26/12 4.034 4.092 4.203 4.203 3.990 4.023 3.902 4.057 4.115 4.153 11/12/12 3.980 4.037 4.198 4.165 3.912 3.908 3.875 4.104 4.131 4.160 11/05/12 4.010 4.034 4.211 4.155 3.910 3.959 3.920 4.160 4.153 4.225 10/29/12 4.030 4.036 4.205 4.149 3.921 3.984 3.945 4.195 4.187 4.268 10/22/12 4.116 4.108 4.243 4.203 4.011 4.101 3.999 4.243 4.298 4.385 10/15/12 4.150 4.128 4.238 4.208 4.047 4.150 4.022 4.268 4.346 4.437 10/08/12 4.094 4.097 4.217 4.185 4.009 4.040 3.999 4.194 4.319 4.414 10/01/12 4.079 4.081 4.195 4.168 3.995 4.013 3.999 4.205 4.301 4.376 09/24/12 4.086 4.092 4.191 4.170 4.015 4.017 3.995 4.228 4.323 4.386 09/17/12 4.135 4.125 4.215 4.196 4.056 4.080 4.028 4.256 4.399 4.466 09/10/12 4.132 4.113 4.208 4.175 4.049 4.079 4.021 4.242 4.423 4.477 09/03/12 4.127 4.104 4.194 4.153 4.051 4.072 4.026 4.217 4.424 4.493 08/27/12 4.089 4.072 4.132 4.129 4.019 4.050 3.981 4.149 4.353 4.409 08/20/12 4.026 4.006 4.087 4.069 3.944 4.015 3.911 4.062 4.254 4.313 08/13/12 3.965 3.952 4.011 4.004 3.901 3.968 3.856 3.958 4.152 4.215 08/06/12 3.850 3.869 3.946 3.934 3.806 3.851 3.752 3.813 3.959 4.023 07/30/12 3.796 3.842 3.931 3.908 3.775 3.782 3.696 3.729 3.898 3.967 07/23/12 3.783 3.826 3.916 3.900 3.753 3.749 3.711 3.701 3.901 3.976 07/09/12 3.683 3.731 3.840 3.818 3.646 3.638 3.605 3.680 3.798 3.882 07/02/12 3.648 3.702 3.843 3.793 3.607 3.580 3.568 3.705 3.787 3.876 06/25/12 3.678 3.718 3.873 3.817 3.616 3.606 3.601 3.779 3.839 3.908 06/18/12 3.729 3.766 3.923 3.868 3.660 3.655 3.654 3.832 3.899 3.966 06/11/12 3.781 3.818 3.974 3.909 3.721 3.696 3.698 3.873 3.991 4.066 06/04/12 3.846 3.886 4.036 3.968 3.797 3.746 3.757 3.919 4.101 4.169 05/21/12 3.956 3.999 4.130 4.079 3.916 3.854 3.861 3.987 4.233 4.303 05/14/12 4.004 4.054 4.192 4.135 3.969 3.897 3.915 4.004 4.277 4.349 05/07/12 4.057 4.108 4.232 4.194 4.021 3.962 3.962 4.047 4.312 4.385 04/30/12 4.073 4.130 4.255 4.220 4.039 3.971 3.980 4.072 4.330 4.396 04/23/12 4.085 4.146 4.269 4.245 4.050 3.974 3.993 4.090 4.345 4.384 04/16/12 4.127 4.181 4.269 4.280 4.091 4.021 4.038 4.129 4.389 4.418 04/09/12 4.148 4.190 4.278 4.282 4.106 4.055 4.063 4.129 4.411 4.440 04/02/12 4.142 4.190 4.262 4.280 4.109 4.042 4.049 4.125 4.420 4.456 03/26/12 4.147 4.190 4.263 4.279 4.110 4.046 4.055 4.136 4.433 4.476 03/19/12 4.142 4.184 4.259 4.269 4.106 4.040 4.053 4.119 4.431 4.481 03/12/12 4.123 4.169 4.250 4.247 4.096 4.016 4.036 4.069 4.421 4.483 03/05/12 4.094 4.167 4.253 4.243 4.094 3.974 4.020 3.986 4.372 4.454 02/27/12 4.051 4.051 4.221 4.208 4.063 3.914 3.992 3.919 4.326 4.410 02/20/12 3.960 4.053 4.161 4.142 3.966 3.848 3.886 3.857 4.164 4.258 02/13/12 3.943 4.028 4.150 4.128 3.930 3.857 3.860 3.841 4.121 4.209 02/06/12 3.856 3.948 4.101 4.046 3.846 3.751 3.775 3.817 4.036 4.128 01/30/12 3.850 3.945 4.088 4.040 3.848 3.734 3.776 3.816 4.033 4.120 01/23/12 3.848 3.938 4.077 4.030 3.843 3.736 3.774 3.817 4.037 4.121 01/16/12 3.854 3.943 4.076 4.031 3.853 3.746 3.777 3.823 4.037 4.116 For additional information, please contact the Energy Information, Administration s National Energy Information Center, at (202) 586-8800, Or National Energy Information Center Hotline at (202) 586-6966 January 28, 2013