July apple holdings storage reported by USApple

The latest U.S. apple storage report from USApple shows a seasonal storage decline from June to July.

On July 10, the U.S. Apple Association, via its USAppleTracker report, reported the total number of apples in storage on July 1 was 39 million bushels.

While USApple reports there are no historical July data points with which to calculate year-over-year changes for the July reporting period, the July number is smaller than June’s 54 million bushels, which was 17% higher than the five-year average for that date. June’s report was 5% less than June of 2024, when apple storage totaled 57 million bushels.

Fresh apple holdings in July totaled 29 million bushels. In June, fresh apple holdings were 40 million bushels, 2% less than the inventories reported for June 2024 and 22% more than the June five-year average.

Processing holdings totaled 11 million bushels. In June, processing apple storage totaled 15 million bushels, 13% less than 2024 on June 1 and 7% more than the June five-year average.

The leading varieties in storage, in order by volume, were:

• Red Delicious
• Cosmic Crisp
• Granny Smith
• Pink Lady/Cripps Pink
• Gala
• Fuji
• Honeycrisp
• Golden Delicious
• Ambrosia
• Envy
• Idared
• Rome
• McIntosh
• Mutsu/Crispin
• Empire
• York
• Cortland