Forecast

Blue Diamond Almonds Market Update

From the Desk of Bill Morecraft Senior Vice President Overview – Yesterday’s ABC Position report, reported January almond receipts of 22 million lbs. vs. 33… [Read More]

February 12th, 2016
Mel Machado, Director, Member Relations

Blue Diamond Almonds – Bloom Report – February 10, 2016

Mel Machado, Director, Member Relations This report covers observations and conditions on Tuesday February 9, 2016. Northern Region – Beautiful, warm weather graced the Sacramento… [Read More]

February 10th, 2016

El Niño remains among strongest ever recorded, but California impacts (so far) a bit different than anticipated.

The following excerpts on the drought situation in California come from a recent article by Daniel Swain from WeatherWest.com posted February 1,2016. Reminder: when it comes… [Read More]

February 2nd, 2016

Notable “parade of storms” continues over Eastern Pacific; heavy rainfall & some flooding across Northern California

The following excerpts on the drought situation in California come from a recent article by Daniel Swain from WeatherWest.com posted January 17, 2016. In my last… [Read More]

January 18th, 2016

Blue Diamond Almonds – January Market Update

  Bill Morecraft Senior Vice President Overview – There has been significant turbulence in the California almond industry and customer base since September. The December… [Read More]

January 13th, 2016

Substantial Northern California storms this week; El Niño-influenced pattern likely to emerge in December

by Daniel Swain @ Weatherwest.com  A dry autumn in California…as anticipated September, October, and November were pretty dry months across most of California. Rain did fall in… [Read More]

December 10th, 2015