NEWFIELD, NJ — Looking back at the growing conditions the past three months or so, Jamie Graiff liked what he had seen.

“This has been a better growing season for us than the last few years,” he told The Produce News Tuesday morning, Aug. 13. “Rains have been spread out, and we’ve been lucky enough to not get too many of them.”

Scott Graiff and Kyle Barile.Asked to elaborate on how the summer had been going in New Jersey, the owner of Dan Graiff Farms replied, “Over all I would say good. We definitely had to deal with some extremes in temperature and rains. But I think the market was a little stronger because of some of those extremes, which cut into some volume generally in New Jersey.” (click image to read full article)