date:Jul 21, 2023
on bushels or about a 12 percent decline. Since spring, the region has experienced good growing weather with no real issues holding fruit production back.
When adding up the projected volumes of the three growing regions, Roper expects a US apple production increase of at least 10 percent over last year. He does note that projections could still change with one third of the growing season still left.
Price deflation
As a result of last years short US apple crop, prices went up significantly. A