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[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

At one year in, OS is now expanding into more crops! We’re officially serving:

🌳Almonds
🌳Pistachios
🌳Walnuts
🍎Apples
🍒Cherries
🍊Citrus

V2 will be here soon, and that means more features coming to OS 🦾 🤖

[California Farm Bureau @CAFarmBureau]

For decades, experts have done their best to estimate the size of California’s almond crop prior to harvest. With the state producing most of the world’s supply, the global market rises and falls with the fate of the Central Valley crop.

Expectation of a shortage can stoke competition among buyers and raise prices, while a large crop forecast can achieve the opposite. “It affects many lives,” said Jasbir Sidhu, who grows almonds in Fresno and Madera counties. But the expansion of California’s almond industry, which brought greater variation from one orchard to the next, made it harder to forecast statewide yields by sampling a subset of orchards.

In December, the Almond Board of California’s directors voted to stop funding a key forecast provided for decades by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Instead, the industry is looking to private entities to find new ways to estimate the crop. While counting nuts may not be rocket science, some firms have leveraged experience in aerospace engineering—using technologies such as remote sensing and machine learning—to forecast crop yields.

Read more in Ag Alert: https://t.co/qNZDpcGOos

#News #AgAlert #CAFarmBureau #Almonds #CentralValley #RemoteSensing #YieldForecast #Orchards

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

Learn more on what's driving the latest forecasts:
https://t.co/lw2Mira45j

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

🌳The 2026 California almond crop is shaping up. Our second almond forecasts are out.

• State + county yields
• Acres & production
• Top drivers this season
• Historical comparisons
• How we compare to other industry estimates

[Pacific Nut Producer @PacificNut]

High early heat could result in a smaller nut set for almonds, though some larger hulls are being found. Meanwhile, orchards enjoyed a good bloom and growers may expect to harvest as early as July. @BountifulAg CEO Megan Nunes spoke about these findings.
https://t.co/SIAujDXPd8

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

Compare to what others are thinking on the Bountiful Community : https://t.co/kE0WD7gnFT

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

2026 USDA Almond Subjective Estimate is out:

→ 2.70B lbs
→ 1.39M bearing acres
→ 1,940 lbs/acre

Right in line with other public estimates this season.
Famoso-Agwise/Wonderful + first Blue Diamond estimates also on the platform.

[California Ag Network @CalAgNet]

High early heat could result in a smaller nut set for almonds, though some larger hulls are being found. Meanwhile, orchards enjoyed a good bloom and growers may expect to harvest as early as July. @BountifulAg CEO Megan Nunes spoke about these findings.
https://t.co/TeEQKo4Bhz

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

California is heading into its fourth straight spring of strong water storage, with most of the state’s major reservoirs nearly full, despite one of the worst snowpacks in recorded history.

State reservoirs are at 118% of the historical average for late April.

Four consecutive years of strong storage is a remarkable streak for a state that has spent much of the 21st century going from one record-breaking drought to the next.

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

@Antifund 👋 we should chat

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

Great question Kam, it' our understanding that yes, any 'potentially abandoned acres' that are stressed could be included in both the bearing and total acres. Land IQ classifies bearing vs. non-bearing based on orchard age and presence, not productivity.

The 47,588 removed acres reflect confirmed removals through March 31. Land IQ does summer ground truthing and will finalize everything in November, which may result in a small adjustment (typically ±1-3%)

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

Land IQ and ABC released the initial 2026 Standing Acreage for almonds.

🌳Here are the key takeaways:

1,385,870 acres of bearing almonds
47,588 acres of removed almonds

This is a -1.09% decrease in bearing acres over 2025. And a -3.27% decrease in removed acres over 2025.

This is the first time that bearing acreage has declined since tracking started in 2010.

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

Read the full report here: https://t.co/RVVdpgBs3M

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

Happy Earth Day to all and especially the farmers who care for this land every day of the year. 🌳🌍

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

Another Central Valley outbreak of strong to severe thunderstorms today with a possible tornado touchdown this afternoon near Fresno.

This is the 7th day in 2026 with at least one Tornado Warning issued in California 🌪️

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

This season has our attention. Here's why → https://t.co/lw2Mira45j

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

🌳The first 2026 almond forecasts just dropped.

📊 State + county yields, acres and production. Top drivers. Historical comparisons.

🚦Early signals you won't see anywhere else.

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

We spent last week in Washington visiting customer's orchards during cherry and apple bloom. 🍒🍎

Feels a lot like almond bloom in California.

Bees were out flying and pollinating! 🌸🐝

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: Caterpillar Inc. acquires self-driving electric tractor startup Monarch — dubbed the "Tesla of agriculture"

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

View all our forecasts at https://t.co/ppcUhMF5Im

[Bountiful @BountifulAg]

In today’s Almond update, Megan breaks down:

📊 March Position Report signals → positive for the market
🌱 Forecasting season begins. First 2026 forecast drops this week

The season is starting. Are you ready?