Fresh Produce Discussion Blog

Created by The Packer's National Editor Tom Karst

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Today's crop production report

The USDA's crop production report can be found here.
Highlights from the report:

U.S. all orange forecast for the 2006-07 season is 7.36 milliontons, down 1 percent from the March 1 forecast and 18 percent belowlast season's final utilization of 9.00 million tons. Florida'sall orange forecast, at 131 million boxes (5.88 million tons), is`down 1 percent from last month and 12 percent lower than theutilization from the 2005-06 season's crop. Early, midseason, andnavel varieties in Florida are forecast at 65.7 million boxes(2.96 million tons), down 2 percent from the previous forecast anddown 12 percent from last season's final utilization.
Florida's Valencia forecast is 65.0 million boxes (2.93 million tons), unchanged from the March forecast but down 11 percent from last season's final utilization.
California's all orange forecast, at 37.0 million boxes(1.39 million tons), is unchanged from the March forecast but 39 percent lower than last season's final utilization of60.5 million boxes (2.27 million tons). California's navel orangeutilization is forecast at 27.0 million boxes (1.01 million tons),unchanged from the previous forecast but 43 percent lower than lastseason's final utilization. Packing houses continue to find some good quality navel oranges. California's Valencia forecast is 10.0 million boxes (375,000 tons), unchanged from the March 1forecast but 26 percent below the utilization from the 2005-06season's crop. A few packing houses were scheduled to start handling Valencia oranges in early April. The Texas all orange forecast is 1.85 million boxes (78,000 tons), down 7 percent from the March 1 forecast but 16 percent higher than last season's finalutilized production. Arizona's all orange utilization forecast,at 350,000 boxes (14,000 tons), is unchanged from the previousforecast but 22 percent lower than the 2005-06 season.

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