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Product Management Bulletin-PM-23-039

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Date
To
All Approved Insurance Providers
All Risk Management Agency Field Offices
All Other Interested Parties
From
Richard H. Flournoy, Deputy Administrator
Subject
California Prune Counties – 2023 Crop Year Prune Reference Date and Average Dry Count per Pound

This Bulletin establishes the 2023 crop year Prune Reference Date. In addition, it 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 2023 crop year:

  1. The Prune Reference Date for all applicable California prune counties for the 2023 crop year is May 19, 2023; and
  2. The following tables shall be used to calculate second-period immature appraisals.
County Dry Prune Count County Dry Prune Count
Butte 58 Solano 54
Colusa 57 Sonoma 54
Fresno 61 Sutter 57
Glenn 58 Tehama 58
Madera 61 Tulare 61
Merced 60 Yolo 55
Santa Clara 60 Yuba 58
For counties that insure prunes by written agreement that are not included on this list, contact the DRO for the applicable dry prune count per pound.

DISPOSAL DATE: December 31, 2023

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