California’s Navel Oranges high volumes expected

Despite no increase in total hectares planted, the California navel deal is looking to be the most fruitful in volume since the 2005-2006 season.

The total land volume this season is down 8,700 planted hectares compared to ten years prior.

Survey data from the California navel Orange Objective Measurement Report indicated a fruit set per tree of 426, above the five-year average of 333 (up 22 per cent).

The survey predicts the initial 2018-2019 navel orange forecast is 80m cartons, up 11 percent from the previous year. Of the total navel orange forecast.