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ALMONDS--California's almond crop may be about 10% lighter this year. Long time observers of the almond sector of the farm economy say rain at bloom time combined with an unusually [...]

RAISINS--According to the California Agriculture Statistics Service the 2004 California raisin grape production was 1.9 million pounds, down 9% from 2003. The yield per acre was also down, 7.91 pounds [...]

ALMONDS--Infestations of red imported fire ants have been found in four Central Valley counties of California. It's suspected they came into California on beehives brought in from other states. No [...]

WALNUTS--USDA is offering to purchase up to 6.6 million pounds of walnuts. Products, quantities and size of pack will be announced in the invitation. For more information, contact USDA at [...]

APRICOTS--Harvest in Turkey is expected to start late this year, and will be severely depleted due to bad weather. Shipments, which usually start in mid-July, are now expected to be [...]

ALMONDS--The harvest won't start for several months, but a few California farmers have found a market for an early stage of the nut. 'Green almonds' are hand picked shortly after [...]

PECANS--Texas growers estimate the total U.S. crop to be 332 million pounds, up from last year's 172.9 million pounds, which was an 'off year' for production. Louisiana growers estimate the [...]

ALMONDS--The revised estimate on the new crop is now between 925-950 million meat pounds, down from the original estimate of a second straight one billion pound crop. Unusual weather during [...]

OREGON HAZELNUTS--The official forecast is 35,000 tons for the new crop, which is smaller than expected due to lack of moisture and hot weather. The crop is expected to be [...]

OREGON HAZELNUTS--The 2003 new crop is expected to total around 45,000 tons, a considerable improvement from the 2002 production of 18,000 tons. There are no field prices set yet for [...]

Breakthrough Made To Combat Pecan Vivipary Maintaining soil moisture levels may be one approach to combating pecan vivipary, the premature germination of pecans, according to Agricultural Research Service scientists. Based [...]

ALMONDS - The objective estimate for this year's crop is a record 850 million meat pounds, according to California Agricultural Statistics Service (CASS), down 3% from May's subjective forecast, but [...]

PECANS - The forecast for 2000 Pecan production as of Dec. 1 is 209 million pounds (in-shell basis), down 3% from the Oct. 1 forecast and down 48.5% from last [...]

Nut crops throughout the U.S. are expected to decrease this year from the 1997/98 season as bad weather during pollination in California and Oregon damaged the Almond, Pistachio and Hazelnut [...]