Commission

Each year the California Avocado Commission partners with Land IQ to produce a Statewide Avocado Acreage and Condition Analysis report utilizing digital satellite imagery, aerial photography and analytical tools to survey California avocado groves. This data provides crucial information for the industry.

On June 26, 2024, the California Avocado Commission released a statement regarding the U.S./Mexico Operational Work Plan allowing Hass avocados from the Mexican states of Michoacan and Jalisco to be exported to the U.S. Under the current OWP, the inspections are conducted by Mexican personnel employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Commission typically releases a crop update with an estimated crop size and timing based on grower survey results. There are times when the grower and handler survey results are not aligned closely enough for CAC to publish one number. This is the case in 2024 and therefore CAC is providing the results of both the handler and grower mid-season crop updates.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has compiled a Risk Management Document concerning the potential decision to permit the importation of avocados from Guatemala, a region known for the prevalence of the avocado seed weevil. California avocado growers are encouraged to submit comments or letters and submit them to the USDA.

California avocado growers are highly encouraged to respond to the Commission’s 2024 Planning Survey, which provides growers with the opportunity to offer input about how CAC invests its resources in marketing, production research, industry affairs and export market development. 

The California Avocado Commission’s Board of Directors currently has a Producer Member seat available for District 2. The appointee will fill the vacant seat for the remainder of the unexpired term through October 31, 2024.

The Commission’s Board of Directors currently has a Handler Member and Handler Alternate Member seat available. Appointees will fill the vacant seats for the remainder of their unexpired terms: October 31, 2024 for the Member seat and October 31, 2025 for the Alternate Member.

The California Avocado Commission will host a field day at Pine Tree Ranch on June 5, from 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. that will focus on the new California avocado crop coefficient research, using a crop coefficient for irrigation purposes and the GEM spacing trial.

The deadline to complete the California Avocado Commission’s annual grower crop survey is May 15. Grower input from the survey is crucial in helping the Commission fine tune the California crop estimate, predict the flow of avocados to market and assess challenges growers are facing.