Seasonal Beginnings

The lettuce season is starting in the North Country and I would like to say it is not a moment too soon.  But that would be a gross misrepresentation.   We are actually about two weeks ahead of schedule due to favorable lettuce growing weather.  Areas south of here are actually behind their normal times due to less than stellar weather.  This combination of factors will cause that perfect storm of low markets and lack of demand.  The local markets will fill with lettuce this weekend and the export markets are still using their own lettuce.  There is nothing more attitude depleting than watching your first fields of the season sold for cheap money or worse yet not sold at all.  It is a long summer, but starting on the wrong foot is never a good thing.