Apple Holding Numbers Drop Year-over-Year

U.S. Apple Association has issued its sixth report on the 2018 apple crop.  According to Fruit Growers News, this year’s fresh apple holdings on April 1st, totaled 51.2 million bushels, 12% less year over year.  Processing holdings totaled 20.9 million bushels, a 13% year over year drop.

The total number of apples in storage on April 1st, 2019, was 72.1 million bushels, 12% less than last April’s total of 82.1 million bushels and 4% below the five-year average for that date.

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