Significant drops expected in EU pear, apple crops

Today's Pricing

SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ? Shipments (255-372-448, red-flesh seedless 229-332-394; red-flesh seeded 26-40-54) ? Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading red-flesh seedless 60 count fairly slow, others moderate. Prices red-flesh seeded 60 count slightly lower, others generally unchanged. 24-inch bins per cwt. red-flesh seeded 35s $13-14; red-flesh seedless 36s $16, 45s $16-17, 60s $15-16. Quality generally good.

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CALIF. ? Shipments (262-251-321, seedless 245-235-309, seeded 17-16-12) ? Movement expected to increase slightly. Trading seedless active at slightly lower prices, seeded slow. Prices seedless slightly lower, seeded generally unchanged. 24-inch bins per-pound red-flesh seedless-type approximately 35, 45 and 60 counts mostly 18 cents; red-flesh seeded-type approximately 35 and 45 counts 10-12 cents. Quality generally good.

DELAWARE, MARYLAND, AND EASTERN SHORE, VA. ? Shipments (41-193-293; red-flesh seedless 38-181-277; red-flesh seeded 3-12-16) ? Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading moderate. Prices slightly lower. 24-inch bins per cwt. red-flesh seeded 35s supplies insufficient to quote; red-flesh seedless 36-45s mostly $16, 60s $15-16. Quality generally good.

TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA ? Shipments (TX 145-142-214, seedless 133-133-206, seeded 12-9-8; OK 2-8-11, seedless 2-7-10, seeded 0-1-1) ? Movement expected about the same. Trading seedless moderate, seeded slow. Prices seeded lower, seedless generally unchanged. 24-inch bins per-pound red-flesh seedless-type approximately 35 count mostly 14 cents, approximately 45 and 60 counts mostly 16 cents; seeded-type approximately 28 count 10-12 cents, approximately 35 count 12-14 cents. Quality variable.

MISSOURI ? Shipments (261-210-173; red-flesh seedless 224-169-134; red-flesh seeded 37-41-39) ? Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading red-flesh seedless 60 count fairly slow, others moderate. Prices lower. 24-inch bins per cwt. red-flesh seeded 35s $13-14; red-flesh seedless 36s $15, 45s $16 and 60s $14-15. Quality generally good.

NORTH CAROLINA ? Shipments (115-193-150; red-flesh seedless 102-173-131; red-flesh seeded 13-20-19) ? Movement expected to remain about the same. Trading moderate. Prices lower. 24-inch bins per cwt. red-flesh seeded 35s mostly $14; red-flesh seedless 36s $15-16, 45s mostly $16, 60s mostly $14. Quality generally good.

CENTRAL ARIZONA ? Shipments (96-67-46, seedless 96-67-46, seeded 0-0-0) ? Movement expected to decrease seasonally. Trading early very active, late active. Prices generally unchanged. Red-flesh seedless-type 24-inch bins per-pound approximately 45 and 60 counts mostly 18 cents. Quality variable.

MICHIGAN ? Shipments (0-0-9; red-flesh seedless 0-0-5; red-flesh seeded 0-0-4) ? Light harvest has begun and is expected to continue through early to mid-August. Expect sufficient volume for first f.o.b. by mid-August.

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Significant drops expected in EU pear, apple crops

08/03/2012 1:28:24 PM
Coral Beach

Pear growers in the U.S. will probably see better prices for the 2012 season because of lower anticipated yields in the entire Northern Hemisphere, with volumes across Europe expected to be more than 20% lower than 2011.

Based on numbers presented at the 36th annual Prognosfruit Conference, Kevin Moffitt, president of the Pear Bureau Northwest, Milwaukie, Ore., said he is ?pretty optimistic.?

?I expect supply and demand points to better pricing, maybe not at retail, but very likely for growers,? Moffitt said Aug. 3 during a call from the conference in Toulouse, France.

Moffitt said he had crunched the numbers on specific varieties U.S. growers export ? conference, abate F and blanquilla ? and it looks like big opportunities will come with harvest. The World Apple and Pear Association released its 2012 forecast at the conference.

Fred Wilkinson Conference pears, the No. 1 variety in terms of volume for the European Union, are expected to be down 21% compared to 2011. Blanquilla pear volumes are projected to be down 25% and abate F pear volumes are predicted to be 26% lower than last year.

?We send blanquillas to Brazil and abate to Germany, so I believe U.S. growers with those varieties will have good export business,? Moffit said.

?But the bigger picture here is that this is the smallest European crop in 10 years. If you look at all of the Northern hemisphere, it?s down about 17%. Our production in the U.S. is about 2% off our five-year average.?

Bad weather is being blamed for the lower yields in most growing areas, but the EU was particularly hard hit with an extremely cool spring, frosts at the wrong time and low pollination rates, Moffit said.

The apple crops across the EU also suffered at the hand of Mother Nature, but not as dramatically as pears, according to the WAPA forecast.

Overall WAPA projects apple volumes across the EU to be 9% lower than last year. The No. 1 apple, golden delicious, is expected to be 15% off last year?s numbers. Other apple varieties expected to have lower volumes include: galas, down 6%; jonagolds down 27%; jonathans down 32% and red delicious down 18%.

WAPA?s complete 2012 forecast is available at http://tinyurl.com/WAPA2012.

Source: http://www.thepacker.com/fruit-vegetable-news/Significant-drops-expected-in-EU-pear-apple-crops-164912496.html

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