Northeast weather leads to solid demand for Florida corn
Supplies of Florida corn look to be down this season.
“As an industry, we are still down 20 percent because of extremely cold temperatures during plantings--including a hard freeze in early February,” says Bert Barnes, account manager and corn commodity manager for Duda Farm Fresh Foods. Barnes says to date it is still behind due to those temperatures, but that week by week it’s over projected harvest. “The rain and great growing conditions have brought the crop on a few days early,” adds Barnes.
In all, Duda should wrap up with Florida corn around May 25th which is the usual time.