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Year To Date Almond Shipments 6% Ahead of Prior Year

October 10, 2012 Year To Date Almond Shipments 6% Ahead of Prior Year. Year-To-Date Almond shipments of 295.5 million pounds are running 6% ahead of prior year. In spite of the 2012 NASS crop projection of 2.1 billion pounds, this year’s crop should settle at 1.8 – 1.9 billion...

Blue Diamond’s Value Added Businesses Have Grown 35%…

As market leader in the almond industry, I take pride in Blue Diamond’s performance in the 2011 crop year. Blue Diamond has continued to be the key driver of almond market demand by: pioneering efforts to develop new markets like China and India; advocating to lower all tariffs on...

Warm September Allows for Speedy Harvest of Almond Crop

Throughout the California Central Valley, consistently warm summertime weather provided almond growers a golden opportunity to bring in a significant portion of the 2012 crop from the orchards. The year’s more advanced maturity level has allowed growers to harvest the crop in a timelier manner, especially in contrast to...

High Temperatures Push Harvest into “Full Throttle”

High August temperatures throughout the California Central Valley increased the pace of crop development and picked up the tempo of the 2012 almond harvest. Growers are busy harvesting the Nonpareil variety, and in some areas, the Nonpareil crop has already been shaken to the orchard floor or has already...

First New Crop Almond Shipments Start Strong

Data from the first reporting period of the 2012 California almond crop shows the industry shipped 139.6 million lbs. for August, 25% above the same month last year. August, shipments in the U.S. market are up 11%. Shipments to Asia are up more than 50%. China continues to drive...

“How Do They Do It” To Air Episode On Almonds

Did you know it takes billions of bees to produce a million tons of California almonds? See for yourself how the bees help to bring the California almond crop to life each year. “Behind the ordinary is the extraordinary.”  That’s the slogan for “How Do They Do It,” a...

2012 Almond Crop Harvest Set To Begin

Did you know that Asia and the Middle East tend to buy the highest quality and most premium variety of almond, Non-pareil, while Europe disproportionately buys the lower cost pollinizers and by-products.  The opposite of what one would expect given per-capita incomes. We now have final shipment results for...