PMA and business

Or the lack of it.  The excuse of the week is the PMA convention in Atlanta which everyone says depresses business.  The argument is the decision makers for the buyers and sellers are all drinking and playing golf or whatever they do at these conventions and the second string players on both sides are afraid to do anything which might blow up in their faces.  Meanwhile, prices for most items can't seem to find the basement.  About the only veg bringing any price is green onions, and that's because there are problems in every region where they are grown.  All the local deals are suffering from the California hangover.  The west coast planted their normal amount of most crops, but demand has consistently trailed the supply.  I think some of the growers must consider downsizing next year, or we may replay this entire season in 2012.