Australian almond prices are rising, and new season production may drop by more than 10%!

The Almond Board of Australia recently said that Australia's almond production in the 2025/26 season is expected to be at least 10-20% lower than industry expectations. The association continues to receive reports from processors that hot and dry weather throughout the growing season and frost at the end of the flowering period in September have led to poor production expectations. This is the first time in many years that the harvest has been completed before Easter, but the high-value snack nut variety Nonpareil, which accounts for nearly 50% of the industry's planting area, has always had lower-than-expected kernel weight during primary processing. Industry insiders pointed out that extreme high temperatures leading to low kernel moisture content are the main reason. Although the final yield will not be confirmed until the shelling and inner shelling are completed in September-October, the early processing results have fully demonstrated that the 20 Production in the 25/26 ...