News of a short crop and increased worldwide demand has Pecan Prices reaching record highs. The Louisiana Growers Pecan estimate was released this past June, which indicated an on year crop of 246.5 million in shell pounds. If the crop is this small, it would be the smallest on year [...]

California Almonds According to The U.S. Department of Agriculture, California’s 2011 almond production is forecast at a record 1.95 billion meat pounds, up 11 percent from May’s subjective forecast and 19 percent above last year’s crop. The forecast is based on 750 thousand bearing acres. Production for the Nonpareil variety [...]

We are in the last four to six weeks before harvest and the prunes have grown nicely over the last month. The crop looks to be about two weeks late this year. The USDA estimates the California prune crop to be 122,000 short tons, although it looks larger and we [...]

PlumBerry Oat Cobbler  Servings: 20 Ingredients: 1 cup butter 2 cups packed light brown sugar 2 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 3 cups quick-cooking oats 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt PlumBerry Filling Ingredients: 2 cups canned Stapleton’s Pitted Plums in Pear Juice, pureed [...]

Almond Crop Report The U.S. Department of Agriculture projects the 2011 almond crop to be 1.75 billion pounds, up from 1.65 billion pounds in 2010. Industry marketers say they will need every pound to meet a growing worldwide demand for California Almonds. After a good winter with excellent chilling hours, [...]