Beware of Stanger's Bearing Gifts
08/28/2023
On July 31st, the USDA FAS, as well as US Customs, concluded the 2022/2023 import/export year. While FAS will not publish their final…
USDA May Cold Storage Figures Continue to Lag Behind 2022 Levels
06/23/2023
Today’s release by USDA NASS of the May Cold Storage Holdings continues to show a significantly lower inventory. Based on current consumption, the industry could carry out…
USDA Releases Final 2022 US Crop Figure and China Decides to Discontinue their Pecan Program
05/26/2023
For those of you who may have missed it, on May 8, 2023, the USDA published the final 2022 Pecan Crop Figures. Based on their survey, the US Crop was 277.7 million inshell…
March Cold Storage Holding the Lowest Since 2012
05/01/2023
As several others have pointed out, last week’s release of the March Cold Storage figures only confirms the fact that the industry is dealing with a severe supply shortage.…
January Cold Storage Figures Lowest in over Ten Years
03/03/2023
While the laws of supply and demand generally dictate market pricing, that is not always the case. Geo-political issues, natural disasters and other unrelated issues often act…
USDA Reduces 2022 Crop Estimate, Imports Continue to Lag
01/27/2023
In the past week, the USDA has released two sets of numbers that shed a little more light on the pecan market. On January 19th, USDA NASS released their preliminary…
USDA Reduces 2022 Crop Estimate
12/12/2022
This past Friday the USDA released their December estimate of the 2022 Pecan Crop (Crop Production Report). As expected, they reduced the projection from their October…
There is No Reason for the Industry to Panic
11/22/2022
The USDA released the October cold storage figures today. At 119.9 million pounds (inshell basis), the industry is carrying the lowest amount of inventory, for the month of…
USDA Releases first of their 2022 Pecan Crop Updates
10/12/2022
The USDA NASS released the first of their 2022 Pecan Crop forecasts today estimating the crop at 290.5 million pounds (inshell basis). While it is important to remember that…
June Cold Storage Holdings Indicate Smallest Carry-Out Since 2017
07/22/2022
The USDA NASS June cold storage figures released today continue to indicate that the industry will carry-out fewer pecans than a year ago, and fewer than any year since 2017. …
