Crop Reports
Teeter Tottering Onset Pricing
Disclaimer: This crop report, like many I write, is told through the lens of Crespo Organic Mangoes, where I’m intricately and joyously embedded. Tis’ the mango season – though at retail it barely feels like it yet. That’s changing now. Despite some early movement from southern Oaxaca, the organic mango pipeline from packhouse to…
Continue ReadingCrespo Organic Mango Crop Report
Disclaimer: This CROP REPORT is specific to Crespo Organic and is produced as part of my work supporting the Crespo Organic program and educating its customers. CROP REPORT Cliff Notes: Increased Organic Ataulfo volumes are coming soon and Tommy Atkins starting up! The majority of packhouses in the south have still not opened, so the…
Continue ReadingThe Peruvian Underbelly
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about Peru lately, even though I’m not currently involved in selling Peruvian fruit. Beneath those questions pulses a collective urgency to “move on” to Mexico — which is unusual, considering the Mexican season has barely begun. Most Mexican packhouses won’t open for a few more weeks, and once…
Continue Reading2026 Mexican Crop Talk
Timing is becoming clearer, and the general start dates for hot water bath packhouses in Oaxaca have shifted slightly. The majority of packhouses are now slated to open in the last week of January, with a few—typically two that historically start early—opening the week prior. I will offer more detail toward the end of this…
Continue ReadingPeru Briefing
The U.S. market is extremely short right now across both conventional and organic. Brix levels remain well below target, with lack of maturity throughout all producers. There is widespread picking and packing delays. Weather has been unfavorable, with persistent cloud cover, cold fronts, and limited sunshine slowing maturity development. As fruit begins to final reach…
Continue Reading“Thripy” Mexican Mango Update
As we inch closer to the 2026 Mexican mango season, exporters tentatively aiming for a mid-January Ataulfo start, the orchards in Oaxaca and Chiapas have already begun telling their seasonal story. It’s a similar story about climate change and the unpredictability and complexity that comes with the shifting weather patterns . Orchard behavior continues to…
Continue ReadingThe “Birds & The Bees” of Mangoes
My annual holiday mango teaser is here, and as Mexican mango start dates draw nearer, I begin to crawl out of my mango hibernation — just as most of you are settling into yours — to bring weekly reports back into focus as we inch toward the season’s opening. Before I share any current CROP…
Continue ReadingPeruvian Mango Season Begins
I’m (somewhat) sorry I haven’t been as consistent with my Crop Reports lately — Vietnam and everything else pulled me out of my usual rhythm. But I’m back at my desk full-time now and easing into my regular weekly reports as I reconnect with folks in both Peru and the U.S. I’ll also have regular…
Continue ReadingOff-Shore (& California) Starts Now!
Typically, I write crop reports through the lens of organic mangoes. Sometimes the information overlaps with conventional, sometimes it doesn’t—but my goal is always to give the clearest picture of what’s happening in organics by considering the entire category and industry, focusing on the origin of the moment and the market nuances that matter to…
Continue ReadingDried Mango Crop Report
The 2025 Crespo Organic Mexican dried mango season is progressing with strength and precision. We started our drying operations early this year—back in May—with fruit from the southern regions, mostly Ataulfos, along with a small Tommy Atkins trial for processing. Kent drying began in early June, slightly later than expected but consistent with recent seasonal…
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