California Almond Market Update Almond shipments in December were reported today at 157.2 million pounds, down slightly from shipments of 160.9 million pounds in December last year. The pace is slower than had been seen in the previous three months when shipments were strongly higher than the year before. Total [...]

California Prunes (Dried Plums) Harvest has ended and growers and packers are in the process of grading and sorting the fruit. Due to the late harvest, the size of the crop is still uncertain but most in the industry feel that it will be right around the original state estimate [...]

California Almonds Harvest is in full swing, and many growers were scrambling last week to get nuts off trees and off the ground before the rains hit. Statewide the prediction is for a record crop pushing 2 billion meat pounds. The predicted record breaking 2011 almond harvest going strong, with [...]

Pecans The Texas Pecan Growers Association has released their estimate for the 2011/12 pecan crop at 256.7 million inshell pounds. In early July, U.S.D.A. released their final figure for the 2010/11 pecan crop at 293.7 million inshell pounds. The 2010/11 crop was a much larger than normal for an off-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 [...]