Tree Fruit Season Coasting
By Patrick Cavanaugh, Editor
Despite some isolated rainstorms
that passed through the Central Valley in mid-July, California tree fruit
growers are having a great season.
Daniel Jackson with Family
Tree Farms in Reedley noted that it rained for nearly a half hour across some
of their acreage, which caused some damage on their white peaches in the tops
of the trees. “But all the other tree
fruits on the ranch look fine. In fact, that weather issue was a little blip on
the screen of a great year,” Jackson said.
“We have had record-breaking
pack-out reports, which means a lot of boxes per acre are going to market,” he
said. “And depending on the commodity, prices are up too. We did a comparison
with last year, another great year, and we are up 10 cents a pound.”
“As an industry, there has
been a lot more fruit on the market and there have been some challenges in the
yellow peach and nectarine markets,” Jackson noted. "However, all the other
commodities including plumcots, apriums, apricots, white peaches, and white nectarines,
have seem to run very smoothly through the market this season.”
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