Month: June 2021

Growers are Pulling Almond Trees as Drought in California Worsens. What Does it Mean for the Market?

Even with some bud failure, the 400 acres of almond trees in Fresno County should have been profitable for years to come for Stuart Woolf. But soaring water costs and historically low almond prices make this an unusual year. Faced with the prospect of financial losses from this swath of almond production, Woolf decided to …

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How Far Along is California on New Crop Sales? An Answer is Here.

The story told repeatedly in recent weeks is buyers and sellers have been largely unable to bridge the gap separating bids and offers for new crop transactions, resulting in an impasse. On Thursday, the Almond Board of California (ABC) is scheduled to release numbers testing that story. The new crop commitment numbers, which the ABC …

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