Lance Honig

As you get ready for your holiday meal plans, you may be worried about supply chain difficulties, and higher prices.  One staple of this time of year that should not be a problem; cranberries.   "Cranberry production expected to be up this season looking at about a 5.2% increase," ...

Last week we told you the 2022 Washington apple crop is expected to be over 11% smaller than last year’s harvest.  This year’s crop is anticipated to be the smallest for the Evergreen state since 2015.  But despite that drop, total U.S. apple production is up this ...

Pear production nationwide is expected to be down this year.   “Expecting production to be down by 1.6% below what was produced last season," commented Lance Honig with NASS.  "In fact, if realized, that would represent the second lowest production since 2007.”   When ...

While Maple syrup harvest takes place in the winter months, it is June when USDA releases its final annual crop production forecast for this product.  And according to Lance Honig with NASS, this year's production forecast is on for the record books. ...

Hop production has seen a significant increase nationwide over the last two decades, thanks to the craft beer industry.  But as NASS' Lance Honig explains, this year's annual production forecast is all about one region of the country. "We're still focused on the Pacific Northwest; all of our estimates they are coming out of Idaho, Washington Oregon, ." ...

It looks like the year ahead will be good for pie lovers, and anyone who enjoys tart cherries. "It's a pretty good year for tart cherries, actually looking at an increase of about 33% from what was produced last year," noted NASS' Lance Honig...

Lance Honig with NASS said they are preparing for the time of year when USDA conducts their massive annual survey about a 100,000 farmers asking producers how many acres of what crops they've planted. "Or in many cases, especially this year in certain parts of the country, how many acres have you planted and still intend to plant ...

The USDA's prospective plantings report shows a lot of things going on in the wheat world. In the case of winter wheat, just not really prospective plantings at all, since that crop has been in the ground since last fall. But until this last year winter wheat seedings have been declining pretty much every year for decades; down to record lows ...

The USDA has just released its first report on the production and value of hemp. "It really is an exciting day.  Its been more than two years in the works.  Getting us to this point, we're excited to share some information with you," NASS' Lance Honig said about the release of the first nationwide report on the U.S. hemp i... Read More ...

Another cut in potential orange production in Florida. USDA's crop report on Wednesday slicing another 2% off its previous orange production forecast; new estimate at 43.5 million boxes. That would 18% below last season's crop.  But, the surveys of that crop were done before the big freeze hit the orange grove January 28th through the 30th. ...