NASS: Orange Crop Down From Previous Forecast

USDA's all orange forecast for December reflects reports only from the Sunshine state. And according to NASS' Mark Hudson, total U.S. production is down 1% from the previous forecast.  With Florida's all orange forecast down 2%, at 46 million boxes.

"For non-Valencia's, it's 18 million boxes.  That's down one million boxes from our initial October forecast; and it is down 20% from last year's at 22.7 million boxes.  For our Valencia boxes, it's unchanged from October, which is 28 million boxes.  Which is no change, but is down from the 30.1 million boxes, or 7% from the previous year."

Hudson added that if comparing the Florida orange crop to date, with the 2017-18 crop that was impacted by hurricane Irma in fall of 2017, "It was slightly over 45 million boxes and we were forecasting for 46."

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