BENTON HARBOR, MICHIGAN 18-October-2017
Provided by: Fruit and Vegetable Market News,
             Federal Market News Service, USDA

Phone: (269)982-1004        Fax: (269)982-1005
   	
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APPLES FOR PROCESSING

Trading is active for processing grade and juice apples.  Processing 
grade apples are being purchased to fulfill contracts at mostly 18.00-
20.00 per cwt.  Prices for juice apples are slightly lower and range 
from 10.00-13.00 per cwt. picked up at the farm or delivered.  The 
Michigan Processing Apple Growers Marketing Committee  did not 
negotiate a minimum juice price or for undersize process apples for 
the 2017 season.  

MACMA did negotiate the following processing peeler and canner apple 
prices with several processors for the 2017 crop, 2-1/2 inch and up 
per cwt.: Idared 14.50, Jonagold and Crispin 14.00, hard varieties 
(including Jonathan, Empire and Jonathan) 13.00, soft varieties 
(mostly McIntosh, Red Delicious and summer varieties) 10.50.. 

For a list of the newest open invitations and bid solicitations from 
the USDA for fresh, frozen or juice, click on the link below:

http://www.ams.usda.gov/open-purchase-
request/Fruits%2C_Grades_&_Procurement_of

Retail prices for Apple Juice and Apple Juice Marked Cider can be 
viewed on the National Retail Report at:
 http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvwretail.pdf


Or the National Apple Processing Report at:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvwaplproc.pdf