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2026 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 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 ReadingMango Difficulties Continue (Crop Report)
Planning, committing, flexibility and a love of small things key to success Currently mango markets are confusing. There is a lot less fruit on the trees in comparison to previous years. While there is fruit available, it tends to be smaller in size. Ataulfos are more abundant (overall) compared to previous years, yet they are…
Continue ReadingMexican (Organic) Mango Crop Update
Amidst adversity, signs of hope blossom One grower described this season to me like this “completely impossible to predict much of anything in the orchards.” Most agree that predictions of any kind are not easy to make, particularly this season, as has been demonstrated in the chaos of contracts and commitments. As more of us…
Continue ReadingGratitude for Blooms
A Thanksgiving Mexican mango crop update & overview The upcoming two months hold significant importance in relation to weather conditions and their impact on the early Mexican mango crop in Oaxaca and Chiapas. These months will greatly influence our final crop expectations and overall outlook. It is currently too early to make definitive predictions. However,…
Continue ReadingHold On Just a Bit……and Then Let Loose
Round fruit inflexible for as lower yields and high demand wreak havoc When I was a little girl in southern California I used to race my bother on this little honda 50 on my pony Cricket. We would race down this long ass trail next to a creek with all kinds of bends and bumps…
Continue ReadingA “Big” Crop Report
The lack of small fruit is real and size Up-ortunities are too! There is a significant and serious lack of small fruit coming out of mango orchards in the south (Chiapas & Oaxaca) right now. As a result, there is a lot of confusion and panic in the market. This is mostly because pricing remains…
Continue ReadingEmpaque Don Jorge II Open for the Season in Chiapas
Plus, an additional NEW packhouse, Bola de Oro opens in Oaxaca Back in 2019, just prior to the mango season, El Grupo Crespo opened Empaque Don Jorge II (EDJII) in Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Chiapas, or – as the locals call it – Coita. It was the Crespo family’s second proprietary mango packhouse, plus several hundred supporting…
Continue ReadingEarly Rain Damage & Lots of Optimism
It’s beginning to look at lot like a prosperous Mexican Mango Season It’s that time of the year again when you all forget about fruits and vegetables amidst all the holiday hubbub, and also the time of the year when I begin thinking excessively about mangoes as we begin to prepare for the upcoming Mexican…
Continue Reading2022 Crespo Organic Season Starts!
We’ve got good news and who doesn’t love that these days! NEWS FLASH! Before the new year I gave you my big juicy predications for the 2022 Crespo Organic Mango season and so far things are ringing true. In a string of years where everything is extraordinarily complicated, this feels really good. I know challenges…
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