Land preparation for sweet corn and processing tomatoes is underway. The broccoli and cabbage harvest continued throughout the week. The strawberry harvest continued. Lettuce was exported to Taiwan, Kuwait, and Mexico. The local navel orange harvest sped up this week due to predictions of frost for next week.
Quality continues to be good.
Satsuma mandarins and lemons continue to be harvested. Oranges were exported to Guatemala, Russia, Taiwan, China, and Korea. Cattle feedlots were at 90 percent of capacity. Rangeland grasses have started to turn green, however, growth has been slow due to little rainfall. Fall lambing still continues.