California strawberry production the past two weeks has been very strong. The fields in California are looking very good, and production is set to be high for the next month or more in fields that have converted to processing. The amount of fruit being processed this year has been lower than last year by thirty […]
Archives for May 2016
California Pear 5-25-2016
The California pear crop appears to be sizing well. The cooler weather of late has helped the crop along, but it is still expected that California will be off in total tonnage by 10% compared to last season. The official estimate from the industry will be out in a few weeks. Pear orchards in Sacramento […]
California Fresh Market Stone Fruit 5-25-2016
California stone fruit has been packed and sold for the past few weeks. The size of the crop seems to be good. Varieties are picking out close to their estimates overall. Fruit size seems to be smaller this year, and the selling price for fresh market stone fruit has been a little weak recently. Overall […]
California Strawberry 5-12-2016
California freezer grade strawberry volume YTD through the end of last week is running around forty million pounds behind last year’s volume, and is the lowest YTD volume of the past five years. The fresh market volume for the week before Mother’s Day was the highest it had ever been for any week since 2011. […]
California Cling Peach 5-9-2016
California peach orchards south of Yuba City sustained serious damage from the hailstorm that hit the area last week. It is estimated that up to 2,000 acres of cling peaches may have been affected by this along with prune, walnut, and almond acreage. The damage is still being assessed by field staff and growers with […]
