Feb 10, 2023

USApple reports Feb. 1 holdings, January movement

U.S. fresh apple holdings on Feb. 1 totaled 71.9 million 42-pound bushels, which is 7.3% less than at the same time a year ago and a 12.6% drop in the average over the past five years on that date.

Apples for the processing market in storage on Feb. 1 totaled 31.2 million bushels, which is 7.2% less than on Feb. 1, 2022, and 6.3% down from that date in the past five years, according to the U.S. Apple Association’s most recent USAppleTracker report, released Feb. 10.

Fresh apple movement in January was 12.3 million bushels, compared to 5.4 million apples for the processing market; five-year averages for those apples were 14 and 5.8 million, respectively.

States with the most total apples on Feb. 1, (and fresh holdings), in millions of bushels, were:

• Washington – 79.53 (60.57)
• Michigan – 8.42 (4.73)
• New York – 7.24 (4.04)
• Pennsylvania – 4.35 (1.13)

The total amount of top varieties in storage (and fresh holdings) in millions of bushels on Feb. 1, according to USApple, were:

• Gala – 18.37 (15.15)
• Red delicious – 14.12 (11.4)
• Honeycrisp – 11.84 (6.59)
• Fuji – 10.85 (8.64)
• Granny Smith – 9.97 (7.67)
• Pink Lady/Cripps pink: 6.32 (5.03)
• Cosmic Crisp – 6.10 (4.7)