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Almond Crop Pegged at 1.05 Billion Pounds
MODESTO - Jul 6/06 - SNS -- This year's California almond harvest is expected to total 1.05 billion pounds, according to results of the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service – California Field Office (NASS/CFO). This forecast is based on 580,000 bearing acres.
Doug Flohr and Jennie Peterson of NASS said the forecast is up 3% from the May 10, 2006 subjective forecast of 1.020 billion pounds and up 15% from this year’s crop to date of 911 million pounds as of May 31, 2006. The official announcement was made today at the Modesto office of the Almond Board of California, which funds the forecast.
The average nut set per tree is 6,723, up 23% from the 2005 almond crop. The Nonpareil average nut set of 6,848 represents a 47% increase from last year’s set. The average kernel weight for all varieties sampled was 1.57 grams, down 12% from last year.
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