USDA-NASS report shows April production forecast up 2 per cent, with 2024/25 volumes pegged at 2.46mn tonnes
The US Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA-NASS) has released its April forecast for US orange production.
The US all orange forecast for the 2024/25 season is 2.46m tonnes, up 2 per cent from the previous forecast.
However, this is down 8 per cent from the 2023-2024 revised utilisation.
The Florida all orange forecast, at 11.6mmn boxes – or 522,000 tonnes – remains unchanged from March’s estimate, but is down 36 per cent from last season’s revised utilisation.
Florida, early, midseason, and Navel varieties are forecast at 4.6mn boxes, or 207,000 tonnes, unchanged from the previous forecast but down 32 per cent on the previous season.
The Florida Valencia orange forecast, at 7mn million boxes (315,000 tonnes), is also unchanged but down 38 per cent year-on-year.
In California, the all orange forecast at 47.5mn boxes, some 1.9mn tonnes, is up 2 per cent on March and up 5 per cent on the final 2023/24 figure.
Californian Navel oranges are pegged at 40mn boxes, or 1.6mn tonnes, rising 3 per cent month-on-month and 4 per cent higher than from last season’s revised utilisation.
The California Valencia orange forecast is 7.5mn boxes (300,000 tonnes), unchanged from the previous estimate.
In Texas, meanwhile, the all orange forecast at 880,000 boxes (38,000 tonnes) is down 2 per cent on March and 25 per cent on 2023/24.
