· Favorable climatic conditions continue –

· Well distributed showers brought 40.3 mm (1.5 inches) of precipitation

· Only one night with nighttime low temperatures at 20°C (68 °F)

· Focusing on “the art of fruit ripening” – due to changing internal and external fruit maturation pace – a result of favorable climate.

· NDF identification process continues

· Forecasting increased shipments during the month of May

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· A few late night showers brought 18.5 mm (.75 inches) of precipitation

· Slight increase in air and soil temperatures

· Minimum temperatures above 20°C (68 °F) = reduced threat of NDF event

· While land preparation may be interrupted, the rainfall was badly needed.

· Quality continues to be outstanding

· Both volume and demand on the rise in preparation for the Easter pull

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· Increased precipitation during the week = the good news

· 62.1 mm ( 2.4 inches) of rainfall recorded

· Harvest age increase continues

· The majority of our crop harvested at 21 and 22 WAF

· The tally of NDF continues with the placement of color ribbons to identify age.

· The incidence of NDF is higher than anticipated possibly due to the stress of many nights with minimum temperatures below 20°C (68°F) and the long lasting drought

· NDF harvest to commence with limited volume week 18

· See you all at the SEPC – Southern Innovations 2019

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· Light showers brought some relief to the water stressed plantations:

· 13.9 mm ( a little more than ½ inch) of precipitation recorded.

· The minimum temperatures rose to 22.1°C (72°F) decreasing concerns re NDF stress

· Quality continues to be outstanding.

· Farm efforts at increasing and maintaining external color are demonstrating good results

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· Dry spell continues with only 2.8 mm (1/10th inch) of rainfall

· Plantation shows a few early signs of water stress

· Weather forecast does call for some rain in the coming days

· Still having some nights with minimum temperatures at 68°F (20°C)

· Harvest age increase continues and helps to counter slower maturation process due climatic conditions

· Fruit quality remains outstanding

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· Dry spell continues

· 1 mm (0.0394 inch) of precipitation recorded this week

· The forecast is for more of the same for a few more weeks

· Minimum temperatures continue to drop during the evenings

· Some nighttime temperatures down to 20°C (68°F) and even a few degrees below

· This could stress plants to flower naturally

· Farm increasing harvest age to maintain sugar content and internal quality at optimum levels

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· January ends with lowest monthly precipitation in recent years

· Total month precipitation equaled 44.6 mm ( 1 3/4th inches)

· Almost draught conditions could also stress plants into flowering naturally

· Temperatures on the increase, which is a very positive turn of events

· Harvest age was lowered and being monitored carefully

· Too early to tell severity of NDF events but we expect an improvement from prior years.

· Berlin Fruit Logistica was a successful event – and was good to see our good customers

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·    Dry weather continued but minimum temperatures increased slightly after the middle of the week

·     8.9 mm (1/3^rd of an inch) precipitation recorded

·    Minimum temperature rose to 20.8°C  (69.5°F)

·    A few early week evenings minimum hovered around 20°C

·    NDF events that occurred during weeks 48 & 49 (2018) of minimal consequence

·    Flowers were broken off the few plants with NDF

·    Will start to place color ribbons to identify NDF caused by events during weeks 51 & 52

·    Quality continues to be outstanding

· The sun kept shining and the dry weather continued but we had some very cold nights:

· Only 2 mm (0.08 inches) of precipitation were recorded, but

· Minimum night temperatures dropped to 19.6°C ( 67.2°F)

· These low minimum temperatures may have stressed plants and caused an NDF event

· Harvest age is being kept at same level.

· Quality is outstanding and volumes are normal

· Weather forecast is that “El Niño” phase will last through March and may even extend to May

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