Apple Processing Stocks Climb as Fresh Holdings Dip Below 2025 Levels in Latest USApple Report

In the latest USApple tracker, increased use of processing fruit and controlled atmosphere storage keeps total inventories well above the five-year average despite a year-over-year decline in fresh-market supply.

Apples in a storage bin
Apples in a storage bin
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According to the latest USApple Tracker, fresh apple holdings as of Jan. 1 are 7% less than inventories reported in January 2025, but still 4% more than the five-year average for January.

Processing apples are higher year over year, at 47 million bushels, reported in 42-pound bushels, which is 7% more than the inventories reported at this time in 2025. It is also 14% higher than the five-year average for January.

The states with the highest number of apples in storage include:

  1. Washington with 21,497,789 bushels of fresh apples in regular storage and 66,396,496 bushels of fresh apples in controlled atmosphere (CA) storage and about 6,733,393 bushels of processing apples in regular storage and 26,619,940 bushels of processing apples in CA storage
  2. New York with 858,716 bushels of fresh apples in regular storage and 4,804,213 bushels of fresh apples in CA storage as well as 3,207,408 bushels of processing apples in regular storage and 3,279,122 bushels of processing apples in CA storage
  3. Michigan with 274,000 bushels of fresh apples in regular storage and 2,990,000 bushels of fresh apples in CA storage as well as 916,000 bushels of processing apples in regular storage and 2,510,000 processing apples in CA storage

The top varieties in holding include:

  1. Honeycrisp at 20,315,472 bushels
  2. Gala at 19,115,735 bushels
  3. Granny smith at 19,022,557 bushels
  4. Cosmic Crisp at 16,243,810 bushels
  5. Red delicious at 16,221,276 bushels

View the latest report online.

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