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California fresh pomegranate farmers estimate 2021 production at 6 million boxes, or 150 million pounds. How farm- ers fared this season depends on whether they picked the crop before or after storms and strong winds this past fall.
Pomegranates Continued from Page 1 “Then, we get into the latter part of October andwe have (atmospheric river) rains,” he added. “With all of the fruit yet to be picked, with a lot of that fruit having some damage fromthe punctures and scratches, it really just prettymuch shut down the ability to pick any really good fruit.” Other farmers located on the parchedwest side of the San Joaquin Valley reportedly pulled out pomegranate trees because there wasn’t enough water for irrigation. Zack Stuller, a farmmanager of pomegranates in Tulare County near Exeter, got lucky and avoided weather issues and got fruit pickedbefore the rain. “Being the early Wonderful variety, we got the crop off before that good chunk of rain inOctober. It was one and done, and it just worked out,” said Stuller, who manages 50 acres of pomegranates for absentee farmers who sell fruit to Trinity Fruit Co. in Reedley. “Production was off from last year by maybe 15% or 20%. I would equate it to heat. Pomegranates areprettydrought tolerant, but after that fruit set, we had some pretty hot temperatures and got some fruit drop.” Despite theweather challenges, Tjerandsen said some growers had enoughwarning to bring in ex- tra crews to pick a substantial part of the crop. He added that pomegranate shipments this season surpassed last season and led tohigher prices. The price range for freshpomegranates couldbe $20 to $38 for a 25-pound carton depending on the size and grade of the fruit, England said. Between a third and half of all pomegranates harvested for the fresh market are exported, Tjerandsen said, adding that there is very active demand fromthe Pacific Rim, while the top export market is Canada. Demand for California pome- granates is also on the rise in Australia and New Zealand, he said. New market opportunities are opening for California pomegranate exports. “We just opened Colombia,” Tjerandsen said. “We had a protocol signed with Colombia that clearly spells out the phytosanitary requirements, testing requirements, cutting for infestationandall kinds of different requirements. They took an as- tonishing volumemuchbeyondwhatwe imagined for a first year would be absorbed by that market.” Important opportunities for promoting pome- granates, Tjerandsen said, happen during Jewish
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holidays and Mexican Independence Day in mid-September. Researchers at the University of California Kearney Research Center in Parlier, he said, are developing new varieties that can be har- vested early or late in time to expand the season andmeet holiday demand. Other varieties are de- veloped for high sugar, salt tolerance or fruit color. About 70% of pomegranates grown are sold as fresh fruit and the remainder is processed into juice or arils are removed and sold in ready-to-use cups. “The portion that’s sold as fresh arils is increas- ing rapidly,” Tjerandsen said, noting that pome- granates are considered a superfruit and an ex- cellent source of antioxidants, fiber and vitamins. “People are recognizingmore andmore the health benefits found in pomegranates. That is one of the reasonswhy it continues to increase inpopularity.” DJ Forry, which sells pomegranates for shipment to domestic and exportmarkets, finished shipping pomegranates by the end of last year. England said that fresh fruitwill be sold ingrocery stores through the end of this month and the company’s arils cup product will be sold domestically intoMarch. “We’ve been doing (aril) cups for 12 or 14 years, a long time. It’s an area of growth. We see more and more retailers carrying them as a year-round (product),” England said. “It’s something that con- sumers expect to see in the supermarkets now.” Last fall, POMWonderful, the largest grower and producer of freshpomegranates andpomegranate juice in the nation, kicked off a marketing cam- paign promoting fresh arils as an easy-to-enjoy snackor an ingredient to elevate a variety of dishes. “As theNo. 1 arils brand sold nationwide, we are excited to seePOMdrive category growthand raise consumer awareness for snacking and epicurean uses of fresh pomegranates,” said Adam Cooper, The Wonderful Company senior vice president of marketing. “With the ‘Insta-Antioxidant’ cam- paign, wehope to showcasehowquickly andeasily consumers can enjoy pomegranate arils.” Meanwhile, The Wonderful Company has an- nounced a shared $1 million investment in two companies to develop sustainable innovations for the highest and best use for transforming 50,000 tons of pomegranate husks. Funds are awarded to BCDBioscience and Enagon as part of an innova- tion challenge. (Christine Souza is an assistant editor of Ag Alert. She may be contacted at csouza@cfbf.com.)
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