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Production of grapes for raisins is dropping n California, according to the latest estimates from the National Agricultural Statistics Service. This year’s raisin grape forecast is now put at 2.05 million tons. Last year’s harvest was just under 2.08 million tons, both well below the high set in 2000 of more than 2.9 million tons.

Grape bunches per vine totaled 38.7 compared to 32.3 recorded in 2010. Acreage of bearing age is 210,000 the same as last year and well below the 280,000 acres devoted to raisin grapes in 2000. “The 2011 California raisin-type grape crop is shaping up to be an average sized crop,” NASS says Friday. “Similarly to last year, cooler and wetter weather early in the summer led to mildew problems. The raisin crop is also more than two weeks behind normal.”

Methodology

Grape bunches were counted, measured, and weighed in sample vineyards of raisin, table, and wine type varieties. Data were collected the first three weeks of July. A total of 325 raisin-type variety vineyards were sampled for the 2011 data. 

Source: centralvalleybusinesstimes.com 
Publication date: 8/12/2011

 


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