Apples in storage little changed from year ago

USDA's cold storage report, released today, showed these numbers for apple holdings. New York is up a good little bit, but overall supplies are not much heavier than the same time last year.


Apples in Cold Storage: By State and United States, March 2008

(1,000 pounds)
-------------------------All Warehouses
--------------------March 31, 2007----------------------March 31, 2008

CA------------------11,424--------------------------------10,117
MI------------------143,579------------------------------- 83,984
N ENG-------------- 3,961--------------------------------- 6,310
NY-------------------141,120-------------------------------295,848
OH--------------------3,070--------------------------------640
OR--------------------18,965-------------------------------16,701
PA--------------------123,354------------------------------96,348
VA--------------------66,172 -------------------------------69,680
WA-------------------1,744,344-----------------------------1,778,880
WV-------------------30,272-------------------------------- 29,780
Other States----------- 27,762-------------------------------19,803
US---------------------2,314,023----------------------------2,408,091