Category: Almond Market Updates

NASS Objective Estimate Shocks Industry

July 12, 2013 – The industry was shocked by the NASS Objective Estimate of 1.85 billion pounds for the 2013 crop.  The eyeball test of the crop appears much larger, but misses the quantitative sampling of kernel size.  Handlers raised 2013 selling prices by $.40 a pound in response,...

NASS Estimate on Lower Side of Industry Expectations

The NASS Objective Estimate for the 2013 California almond crop was released, July 1, 2013 at 1.85 billion lbs. The projection is 2% below last year’s crop and down 7.5% from May’s subjective forecast. A lighter Nonpareil crop and smaller kernel sizes across all varieties are contributing to the lower...

May California Almond Industry Market Update

June 11, 2013 Almond Prices Firming Final receipts for the 2012 almond crop put the total at 1.88 billion lbs., a 7% decrease from the prior year. Shipments for the year will consume the entire 2012 supply and cut into the ending inventory. As a result, prices in late...

Domestic Shipments of California Almonds Remain Strong

May 13, 2013 Year-To-Date shipments of California almonds continue to track as expected, flat to last year, limited by supply. Current year crop receipts are 1.880 billion pounds, 7% behind prior year, continuing to project a final total below 1.9 billion pounds. The 2012 California crop is greater than...

NASS Subjective Estimate for 2013 Almond Crop at 2.0 Billion Pounds

May 2, 2013 The National Agricultural Statistics Service  (NASS) Subjective Estimate for the 2013 Almond Crop was released today at 2.0 billion lbs. The estimate represents a 3% increase in yield from the 2012 crop. Added to the current 2012 Crop supply scenario, growth of 3% in 2013 crop...

2012 Almond Crop Update

Almond Insights – Industry Update April 10, 2013 2012 California Almond Crop is ~75% Shipped & Committed Year-To-Date shipments of California almonds continue to track as expected, flat to last year, limited by supply. Current year crop receipts are 1.878 billion pounds, 7% behind prior year, continuing to project...

2012 California Almond Crop is ~73% Shipped & Committed

March 8, 2013 – Year-To-Date shipments of California almonds continue to track as expected, flat to last year, limited by supply. Current year crop receipts are 1.865 billion pounds, 5% behind prior year, continuing to project a final total below 1.9 billion pounds. Seven months into the almond industry’s...

California Almond Crop Shipments Remain Strong

February 11, 2013 The California almond industry shipped 156.5 million pounds for the month of January, 2% ahead of January last year. Current year crop receipts are 1.839 billion pounds, 4% behind prior year, continuing to project a final total below 1.9 billion pounds. The U.S. is driving industry...