In a recent apple holdings report, Chris Gerlach, vice president of insights and analytics for the U.S. Apple Association said the total number of apples in storage as of Jan. 1, 2025, is 151 million bushels. That figure, Gerlach reported, is 4% lower than the previous year’s total of 156 million bushels but is still 11% higher than the five-year average for January.
Fresh apples totaled 107.8 million bushels, which is 4% less than inventories for last January but still 13% higher than the five-year January average.
USApple reports processing apples totaled 43 million bushels, which is down 2% from last year and 7% lower than the five-year average for January.
Washington state has 123,157,143 bushels of apples total in holdings. While that figure is up from the five-year average of 107,765,37, the state moved 2,782,174 bushels of apples in regular storage and 9,990,207 bushels of apples in controlled-atmosphere storage from December to January.
New York has 10,815,139 apples in holding, slightly up from the five-year average of 10,153,947. Between December and January, the state moved 417,080 apples in regular storage and 310,055 apples in controlled-atmosphere storage
Michigan has 9,217,433 bushels of apples in holding, which is slightly above the five-year average of 8,098,760. The state moved 167,885 bushels of apples in regular storage and 804,682 bushels of apples in controlled-atmosphere storage.
The report shows that gala tops the varieties in storage, with 18,672,260 bushels of apples total in holdings. Red delicious is second with 16,045,947 bushels in holdings, follwed by granny smith with 13,089,656 bushels in holdings.
Rounding out the top seven are Cosmic Crisp with 11,447,619 bushels in holding, fuji with 11,094,929 bushels in holding, Pink Lady/cripps pink with 9,679,341 bushels in holding and Honeycrisp with 9,432,737 bushels in holding.
