Skip to main content

Policy & Procedure

 Back to Product Management Bulletins

Product Management Bulletin-PM-17-032

View PDF
Date
To
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From
Richard Flournoy, Rodger M. Matthews, for, Deputy Administrator
Subject
California Prune Counties - 2017 Crop Year Prune Reference Date and Average Dry Count per Pound

This Informational Memorandum establishes the 2017 crop year Prune Reference Date and provides Approved Insurance Providers with the average dry prune count per pound for calculating second-period immature prune appraisals. Each year the Davis Regional Office (DRO) establishes the Prune Reference Date. This date occurs one to two weeks after prune pit tip hardening when 80 to 90 percent of the seed shows the presence of endosperm, a clear jelly-like substance at the bloom end of the seed. The DRO also annually compiles prune industry data to determine the average dry prune count per pound for second-period immature appraisals. The appraised production to count for second-period immature appraisals uses the average dry prune count.

Effective for the 2017 crop year:

1) The Prune Reference Date for all applicable California prune counties for the 2017 crop year is May 3, 2017; and 2) The following tables shall be used to calculate second-period immature appraisals.

County Dry Prune Count County Dry Prune Count
Butte 59 Solano 57
Colusa 57 Sonoma 57
Fresno 62 Sutter 57
Glenn 57 Tehama 58
Madera 62 Tulare 62
Merced 62 Yolo 57
Santa Clara 62 Yuba 59
For counties not included on this list that insure prunes by written agreement, contact the DRO for the applicable dry prune count per pound. DISPOSAL DATE December 31, 2017.

 Back to Product Management Bulletins