apples in storage

USApple is out with the January numbers of fresh-market and processing apples; which shows a mixed bag.

According to the latest numbers from USApple, the total number of apples in storage on March 1st, was 113 million bushels, a 5% drop from last year’s number of 118 million bushels, but 13% more than the five-year average.     Fresh apple holdings this month totaled 81 million bushels, a 4% year-over-year dip from last year.  Meanwhile, process...

According to the U.S. apple Association, total apples in storage on May 1st dropped 13% from 2018.  According to the survey, this year’s fresh apple holdings last week, totaled 38.6 million bushels, 13% percent less than the inventories reported for May 1 of last year.  Processi...