Forecast

Demeter and Portugal Nuts forecast Portugal almond production for 2026/27 at 34,470 tonnes of kernel (114,900 t in-shell), 39% more than in 2025, from 65,300 ha at bearing age. Expected range 31,000–38,000 t kernel.

Demeter forecasts the 2026 California almond crop at 2.71 billion lbs — 1.372m bearing acres at 1,974 lbs/acre — from monthly point-in-time forecasts through the season.