The Almond Board of California has released the February Almond position report

The Almond Board of California has released the February Almond position report with shipments of  +155 million pounds compared to last year 139.9 million pounds for an increase of  +10.8 percent.  This shipment number was the second highest month for the month February that we have had for the industry. January Shipments surprised a few […]

Published: 14th March 2016

Californian Almond Update

For all intents and purposes the 2016 bloom is complete with only a very few straggling orchards finishing petal fall and moving into the nutlet stage. The valley is transforming into a sea of bright green as orchards vigorously sprout new leaves and nutlets. Given the quick progression of the bloom period, the 2016 bloom […]

Published: 8th March 2016

Almonds - January Position Report

The Almond Board of California has released the January Almond Position Report with shipments of +129 million pounds compared to last year at 115 million pounds for an increase of +12% over last year. The increased shipments for January had been widely expected, as you will recall last year we were in the midst of […]

Published: 12th February 2016

Californian Almond Article

They were blamed for planting too many trees, using too much water and worsening the effects of California’s epic drought. The state’s almond farmers responded by expanding their orchards in a bold wager that the sky-high prices the world was paying for almonds justified both the water use and long-term investment. Now those farmers are […]

Published: 5th February 2016

Inventory Position Reports for Raisins/Almonds/Walnuts from California from Fresh Pacific...

Raisins The industry is still trying to finalize the 2016 field price. Between the August 1 beginning inventory of 132,000 tons plus deliveries by independent growers, the packers have enough inventory to take them through February. This is why it has taken so long to arrive at a 2016 grower field prices. Wholesale prices will […]

Published: 13th January 2016

Almonds... Position Report and Global Update

Report >>December 2015 Position Report << The Almond Board of California has released the Almond Position Report for December with shipments of  135.4  million pounds compared to  148.1  million pounds last year for a decrease of   8.6% percent. The shipment numbers were released yesterday evening ( local time ) , receipts are at 1.85 billion which […]

Published: 13th January 2016

Almonds... thoughts of empire pacific

Almonds: The market remains much like a roller coast. Prices go down then quickly go up after a flurry of contracts are done.  There is substantial concern with the continued loss of market share in some markets. Japan has been a bright spot with increases totaling 8% but the rest of Asia is down substantially. […]

Published: 15th December 2015

Almonds October Shipment Report

During the last weeks we have seen the market dropping off.  Now we understand the reason of this prices decrease as the shipments figures corresponding to last month of Oct 2015 have gone down around 20% for the export market and 5% for the domestic market. 162 million vs 204 last year. Full report here >> Almond […]

Published: 12th November 2015

Almonds September Position Report released...

The Almond Board of California has released the September Position report with shipments of  142.9 million pounds compared to last year 163 million pounds for a decrease  of 12.3% percent which was expected. YEAR TO DATE SHIPMENTS:    269.1 million pounds compared to last year 304.7 million pounds for a decrease of   11.67% percent. SHIPMENTS BY […]

Published: 12th October 2015

Almonds position report AUGUST 2015

August 2015 position report << Click here for full position report... Shipments are down 126 Million vs 141 Million last year. Aprox.  -11%. See above attached report.

Published: 14th September 2015