Fruit and Vegetable TRUCK RATE REPORT United States Agricultural Marketing Service 1400 Independence Ave SW, Rm 1529-S Department of Specialty Crops Program Washington, DC 20250 Agriculture Market News Division Phone: 202-720-2175 FAX: 720-0011 Volume XL Number 11 Issued Weekly Wednesday, March 14, 2018 http://www.marketnews.usda.gov/mnp/fv-home FRUIT AND VEGETABLE TRUCK RATE REPORT, WEEK ENDING TUESDAY MARCH 13 2018 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 Central and Western Arizona Mexico Crossings Through Nogales, AZ Kern District California Oxnard District California San Joaquin Valley California Santa Maria California South District California San Luis Valley Colorado Central and South Florida Florida (potatoes) South Florida (melons) Idaho and Malheur County, Oregon Upper Valley, Twin Falls-Burley District ID Louisiana Aroostook County Maine Michigan (apples) Minnesota-North Dakota (Red River Valley) Mississippi Eastern North Carolina Nebraska New York (apples) New York (cabbage) Mexico Crossings Through Texas Columbia Basin Washington Yakima Valley & Wenatchee District WA Central Wisconsin
Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XL- Number 11 Page 2 Wednesday, March 14, 2018 FIRST PRICE RANGE FOR WEEK OF MARCH 7-13 2018 SECOND PRICE MOSTLY FOR TUESDAY MARCH 13 2018 PERCENTAGE OF CHANGE FROM TUESDAY MARCH 6 2018 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, CAULIFLOWER, LETTUCE ROMAINE AND LEAF LETTUCE, ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5000 5200 (-4) BALTIMORE 6100 6300 (-5) BOSTON 7000 7200 (-1) CHICAGO 4900 5100 (+4) DALLAS 3100 3400 (-12) MIAMI 6200 6400 (-9) NEW YORK 6500 6700 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 6300 6500 (-2) MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH NOGALES, ARIZONA -- TOMATO, SQUASH, CUCUMBER, HONEYDEW, WATERMELON AND MIXED VEGETABLES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 3600 4100 (+3) DALLAS 2400 2800 (0) LOS ANGELES 1400 1500 (0) MIAMI 5200 6400 5400 5600 (-8) NEW YORK 6000 6800 6200 6400 (-3) PHILADELPHIA 5800 6600 6000 6200 (-2) KERN DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CARROTS AND GRAPES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5200 5400 (-4) BALTIMORE 6400 6600 (-3) BOSTON 7200 7400 (-1) CHICAGO 4800 5000 (+1) DALLAS 3400 3600 (-10) MIAMI 6600 6800 (-6) NEW YORK 6800 7000 (-1) PHILADELPHIA 6500 6800 (-1) OXNARD DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CELERY, CILANTRO, CABBAGE, KALE, PARSLEY, LETTUCE ROMAINE, LEAF LETTUCE ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5200 5600 (0) BALTIMORE 6500 6700 (-1) BOSTON 7300 7500 (+1) CHICAGO 4800 5200 (+3) DALLAS 3500 3700 (-6) MIAMI 6700 7000 (-3) NEW YORK 7200 7400 (+5) PHILADELPHIA 7000 7400 (+7) SEATTLE 2500 2600 (-22) SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY CALIFORNIA -- KIWI ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5700 6400 5700 6200 (-2) BALTIMORE 7200 7900 7300 7500 (-5) CHICAGO 5200 6000 5600 5900 (-3) DALLAS 3800 4500 3900 4200 (-8) MIAMI 7200 8000 7400 7600 (-5) PHILADELPHIA 7000 7900 7100 7400 (-6) SANTA MARIA CALIFORNIA -- BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER AND STRAWBERRIES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5500 5900 (0) BALTIMORE 6700 6900 (-2) BOSTON 7400 7900 (0) CHICAGO 5000 5400 (+1) DALLAS 3600 4000 (-8) MIAMI 6800 7200 (-5) NEW YORK 7000 7300 (-1) PHILADELPHIA 6800 7000 (-1) SEATTLE 2600 2800 (-8) SOUTH DISTRICT CALIFORNIA -- CITRUS, AVOCADOS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4900 5650 5000 5400 (0) BALTIMORE 5800 6800 6400 6700 (+2) BOSTON 6400 7650 6800 7200 (0) CHICAGO 4300 5250 4400 4800 (0) DALLAS 3550 4300 3800 4200 (0) MIAMI 6650 7200 6800 7100 (-1) NEW YORK 6200 7150 6300 6700 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 5900 6950 6100 6500 (-2) SEATTLE 2750 3500 3200 3500 (0) SAN LUIS VALLEY COLORADO ATLANTA 2500 3200 3000 (+1) BALTIMORE 3400 4400 (0) BOSTON 3400 4600 (-10) CHICAGO 2200 2600 2200 (-13) DALLAS 1448 1800 1667 (0) LOS ANGELES 1800 2231 1800 (-8) MIAMI 4000 4600 4600 (+1) NEW YORK 3982 4600 (+1) PHILADELPHIA 3400 4400 3800 4250 (0) CENTRAL & SOUTH FLORIDA -- TOMATOES, MIXED VEGETABLES, BERRIES ADEQUATE - - ATLANTA 1200 1300 1250 1300 (0) BALTIMORE 2450 3000 2600 2800 (+6) BOSTON 3500 3800 3600 3800 (+3) CHICAGO 2400 2600 2500 2600 (+6) NEW YORK 3200 3400 (+3) PHILADELPHIA 2800 3200 2900 3100 (+3)
Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XL- Number 11 Page 3 Wednesday, March 14, 2018 FLORIDA ATLANTA 900 1400 1100 1300 (-2) BALTIMORE 1900 3200 2100 2550 (-27) BOSTON 3400 4000 3400 3600 (-18) MIAMI 600 700 (-7) NEW YORK 3200 3500 (-11) PHILADELPHIA 2600 3000 2600 2800 (-16) SOUTH FLORIDA -- MELONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1200 1500 1200 1400 (0) BOSTON 3400 3500 (+1) CHICAGO 2500 2800 2500 2700 (0) NEW YORK 3000 3300 (+3) PHILADELPHIA 2600 2900 (+2) IDAHO AND MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON -- ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 4675 4888 (+2) BALTIMORE 5525 5950 5525 (-4) BOSTON 5950 6800 (0) CHICAGO 3613 3825 (+3) DALLAS 3400 4675 3825 4250 (-5) LOS ANGELES 1913 2125 2125 (0) MIAMI 6375 6800 6375 (-3) NEW YORK 5950 6375 (-2) PHILADELPHIA 5525 5950 (0) UPPER VALLEY, TWIN FALLS-BURLEY DISTRICT IDAHO ATLANTA 4250 5313 4463 (0) BALTIMORE 5100 5500 (0) BOSTON 5738 5950 (0) CHICAGO 2975 3613 3188 (0) DALLAS 3188 3825 3294 3400 (0) LOS ANGELES 1594 2313 1900 2019 (0) MIAMI 5738 6000 5950 (0) NEW YORK 5100 5650 5100 5313 (0) PHILADELPHIA 5100 5738 5525 (0) LOUISIANA -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- CHICAGO 1800 2400 2200 (0) NEW YORK 5300 5500 5500 (0) AROOSTOOK COUNTY MAINE -- POTATOES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 3400 3800 3600 3800 (+6) BOSTON 1700 1850 1800 (0) NEW YORK 2100 2450 2300 2400 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2200 2600 2300 2500 (0) MICHIGAN -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- MIAMI 4500 4900 4600 4800 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3200 3500 3200 3300 (0) MINNESOTA-NORTH DAKOTA (RED RIVER VALLEY) ATLANTA 4038 4675 4038 4463 (0) BALTIMORE 4250 5100 4250 4888 (0) BOSTON 4675 5100 5100 (0) CHICAGO 1913 2338 1913 2125 (0) DALLAS 2975 3825 (0) MIAMI 5313 6163 5950 (0) NEW YORK 4675 5313 (0) PHILADELPHIA 4038 5100 4250 4675 (0) MISSISSIPPI -- SWEET POTATOES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 1200 1400 1400 (0) CHICAGO 1800 2400 2200 2400 (0) DALLAS 2200 2500 (0) EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA -- SWEET POTATOES SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 2250 (0) BALTIMORE 1500 2000 (0) BOSTON 2750 3000 (0) CHICAGO 3000 (0) MIAMI 2500 (0) NEW YORK 2500 (0) PHILADELPHIA 2000 (0) NEBRASKA ATLANTA 2504 3200 (-10) BALTIMORE 3000 3558 3000 3200 (-9) BOSTON 3400 4200 (-10) CHICAGO 1626 2600 2100 2300 (-9) DALLAS 1522 1800 1600 (-6) MIAMI 3786 4800 4600 4800 (-10) NEW YORK 3184 4425 (-3) PHILADELPHIA 3112 4000 3200 3400 (-8) NEW YORK -- APPLES ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2800 3500 (-6) BALTIMORE 1500 2000 1600 1800 (+17) BOSTON 1500 2000 1900 (+9) MIAMI 3500 3750 (-7) NEW YORK 1500 2000 1800 (+8) PHILADELPHIA 1500 2000 1800 (+20) NEW YORK -- CABBAGE ADEQUATE -- NEW YORK 1500 2000 1800 2000 (0) PHILADELPHIA 1400 1600 1600 (0) ATLANTA 2800 3200 2800 3000 (0) BOSTON 3800 4200 3800 4000 (0) CHICAGO 1100 1300 (0) DALLAS 3300 3600 3300 3500 (0)
Fruit and Vegetable Truck Rate Report Volume XL- Number 11 Page 4 Wednesday, March 14, 2018 MEXICO CROSSINGS THROUGH TEXAS -- LIMES, MANGOES, BROCCOLI, TOMATOES, CARROTS, MIXED FRUITS AND VEGETABLES SLIGHT SHORTAGE -- ATLANTA 3200 3600 (+5) BALTIMORE 5200 5700 5200 5400 (-2) BOSTON 6400 6800 (+1) CHICAGO 3600 4100 3600 3800 (-1) DALLAS 1600 1700 (+6) LOS ANGELES 4000 4500 (+9) MIAMI 4000 4200 (+4) NEW YORK 6200 6500 (+8) PHILADELPHIA 5400 5900 5400 5600 (-3) SEATTLE 6800 (+5) COLUMBIA BASIN WASHINGTON -- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 5500 5800 (0) CHICAGO 4500 5000 (-1) DALLAS 4000 5200 4567 4900 (-3) LOS ANGELES 2000 2500 2167 (0) MIAMI 5800 7400 6383 6825 (-3) YAKIMA VALLEY & WENATCHEE DISTRICT WASHINGTON -- APPLES AND PEARS ADEQUATE -- BOSTON 6500 7600 6800 7300 (-1) CHICAGO 4500 5400 4800 5200 (0) DALLAS 4000 4700 4000 4400 (0) LOS ANGELES 1800 2600 2200 2500 (0) NEW YORK 6200 7100 6400 6800 (-1) PHILADELPHIA 5800 6900 6200 6600 (-2) SEATTLE 900 1200 900 1000 (0) CENTRAL WISCONSIN -- POTATOES AND ONIONS ADEQUATE -- ATLANTA 2975 3400 2975 3188 (-7) BALTIMORE 3400 3613 (+8) BOSTON 3400 4463 3613 4000 (-2) CHICAGO 956 1275 956 1063 (-8) MIAMI 4675 5313 (+2) NEW YORK 3400 4675 3800 4200 (0) PHILADELPHIA 3400 3613 (+6) 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 XL- Number 11 Page 5 Wednesday, March 14, 2018 Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices Prices in Dollars Per Gallon Date U.S. New Central Lower East Coast Average England Atlantic Atlantic Midwest Gulf Coast Rocky Mtn West Coast California 03/12/18 2.976 3.024 3.107 3.221 2.871 2.899 2.782 2.903 3.386 3.652 03/05/18 2.992 3.046 3.126 3.240 2.894 2.920 2.793 2.910 3.392 3.652 02/26/18 3.007 3.057 3.127 3.255 2.906 2.947 2.797 2.936 3.397 3.660 02/19/18 3.027 3.082 3.129 3.274 2.939 2.970 2.818 2.953 3.399 3.658 02/12/18 3.063 3.111 3.154 3.306 2.966 3.020 2.851 2.972 3.432 3.689 02/05/18 3.086 3.133 3.188 3.324 2.988 3.044 2.874 2.981 3.460 3.711 01/29/18 3.070 3.112 3.160 3.306 2.968 3.030 2.868 2.967 3.434 3.683 01/22/18 3.025 3.078 3.136 3.276 2.929 2.971 2.815 2.955 3.395 3.643 01/15/18 3.028 3.063 3.114 3.263 2.913 2.981 2.825 2.984 3.401 3.641 01/08/18 2.996 3.025 3.077 3.209 2.887 2.947 2.785 2.974 3.394 3.638 01/01/18 2.973 2.980 3.010 3.151 2.854 2.935 2.774 2.981 3.361 3.590 12/25/17 2.903 2.904 2.943 3.068 2.782 2.854 2.708 2.948 3.312 3.539 12/18/17 2.901 2.897 2.924 3.060 2.778 2.853 2.697 2.958 3.327 3.552 12/11/17 2.910 2.901 2.900 3.060 2.788 2.863 2.705 2.991 3.344 3.560 12/04/17 2.922 2.904 2.897 3.062 2.794 2.877 2.713 3.019 3.373 3.585 11/27/17 2.926 2.9070 2.881 3.074 2.794 2.884 2.712 3.026 3.380 3.597 11/20/17 2.912 2.896 2.862 3.055 2.789 2.873 2.689 3.003 3.378 3.599 11/13/17 2.915 2.884 2.850 3.018 2.795 2.884 2.697 2.992 3.390 3.610 11/06/17 2.882 2.848 2.812 2.975 2.764 2.861 2.668 2.965 3.332 3.541 10/30/17 2.819 2.811 2.770 2.938 2.729 2.810 2.639 2.943 3.111 3.185 10/23/17 2.797 2.797 2.752 2.924 2.715 2.779 2.614 2.917 3.098 3.166 10/16/17 2.787 2.797 2.747 2.926 2.714 2.757 2.612 2.886 3.089 3.159 10/09/17 2.776 2.793 2.751 2.919 2.712 2.738 2.599 2.856 3.088 3.166 10/02/17 2.792 2.819 2.767 2.934 2.748 2.747 2.615 2.860 3.109 3.182 09/25/17 2.583 2.642 2.704 2.701 2.580 2.367 2.423 2.582 3.004 2.765 09/18/17 2.786 2.814 2.765 2.919 2.749 2.743 2.615 2.813 3.103 3.179 09/11/17 2.802 2.829 2.761 2.922 2.776 2.753 2.647 2.827 3.102 3.179 09/05/17 2.758 2.785 2.723 2.886 2.725 2.707 2.615 2.798 3.044 3.135 08/28/17 2.605 2.623 2.618 2.758 2.528 2.566 2.428 2.717 2.910 2.995 08/21/17 2.596 2.617 2.616 2.756 2.519 2.567 2.408 2.714 2.883 2.961 08/14/17 2.598 2.624 2.625 2.761 2.527 2.570 2.410 2.700 2.877 2.949 08/07/17 2.581 2.613 2.618 2.751 2.514 2.543 2.410 2.673 2.848 2.930 07/31/17 2.531 2.566 2.590 2.706 2.462 2.486 2.359 2.615 2.816 2.907 07/24/17 2.507 2.546 2.574 2.685 2.441 2.452 2.342 2.598 2.788 2.877 07/17/17 2.491 2.532 2.573 2.678 2.420 2.438 2.324 2.587 2.771 2.865 07/10/17 2.481 2.523 2.578 2.672 2.407 2.421 2.311 2.584 2.771 2.867 07/03/17 2.472 2.522 2.578 2.671 2.407 2.403 2.307 2.585 2.759 2.866 06/26/17 2.465 2.516 2.577 2.670 2.396 2.386 2.305 2.592 2.757 2.863 06/19/17 2.489 2.539 2.590 2.683 2.427 2.411 2.329 2.625 2.782 2.884 06/12/17 2.524 2.569 2.614 2.711 2.459 2.454 2.368 2.644 2.805 2.906 06/05/17 2.564 2.599 2.624 2.744 2.490 2.505 2.417 2.664 2.836 2.927 05/29/17 2.571 2.608 2.622 2.751 2.505 2.512 2.423 2.661 2.843 2.931 05/22/17 2.539 2.588 2.626 2.733 2.479 2.468 2.384 2.629 2.828 2.912 05/15/17 2.544 2.595 2.626 2.737 2.488 2.479 2.382 2.626 2.824 2.902 05/08/17 2.565 2.612 2.642 2.753 2.507 2.497 2.410 2.651 2.846 2.927 05/01/17 2.583 2.624 2.653 2.773 2.513 2.516 2.435 2.666 2.864 2.937 04/24/17 2.595 2.632 2.650 2.785 2.520 2.530 2.458 2.662 2.875 2.947 04/17/17 2.597 2.631 2.638 2.783 2.522 2.536 2.458 2.652 2.877 2.946 04/10/17 2.582 2.620 2.639 2.761 2.516 2.515 2.446 2.640 2.862 2.935 04/03/17 2.556 2.605 2.630 2.739 2.505 2.481 2.414 2.623 2.839 2.923 03/27/17 2.532 2.586 2.593 2.724 2.487 2.458 2.378 2.597 2.822 2.919 03/20/17 2.539 2.600 2.622 2.738 2.498 2.464 2.380 2.590 2.826 2.928 03/13/17 2.564 2.617 2.628 2.761 2.512 2.491 2.419 2.617 2.846 2.936 For additional information, please contact the Energy Information, Administration s National Energy Information Center, at (202) 586-8800, National Energy Information Center Hotline at (202) 586-6966 March 12, 2018