Aug 25, 2017
2017 apple crop will be down from last year

The U.S. Apple Association has announced its estimate of the size of the 2017 U.S. apple crop: 248 million bushels.

The estimate was given during USApple’s annual Apple Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference, held Aug. 24-25 in Chicago.

The 2017 estimate represents an 8 percent decrease from 2016’s final crop of 268,417 million bushels, and matches the five-year average.

Here’s a regional breakdown:

In the Eastern states, the 2016 estimate is 54.6 million bushels, a 6 percent increase from 2016 and 1 percent above the five-year average.

The Midwest estimate is 23.7 million bushels, 23 percent down from 2016 and 5 percent down from the five-year average.

In the Western states, the 2017 estimate is 169.9 million bushels, 59 percent up from 2016 and matching the five-year average.

Washington state leads the way in the 2017 forecast, with 159.5 million total bushels, an 8 percent decrease from 2016 (174.2 million bushels) and 1 percent above the five-year-average.

New York is looking at a 28-million-bushel crop to equal the 2016 mark, and 1 percent below the five-year average.

Michigan comes in at 20 million bushels in the forecast, down 27 percent from 2016 (27.9 million bushels) and 5 percent below the five-year average.

Pennsylvania is pegged 11 million bushels, six percent above 2016 and 4 percent below the five-year average.

Gary Pullano

 

 


Tags:


Current Issue

On-farm AI: Water, farm, labor research guide decisions

Data collection tool expands farm management

Carmel Valley winegrapes: Parsonage Village Vineyard

IFTA Yakima Valley tour provides orchard insights

IFTA recognizes tree fruit honorees

Pennsylvania recognizes fruit industry professionals

Fresh Views 40 Under 40

see all current issue »

Be sure to check out our other specialty agriculture brands

produceprocessingsm Organic Grower