The U.S. Department of Agriculture released the 2010 California Almond Objective Measurement Report on July 8, 2010.  California's 2010 almond production is forecast at 1.65 billion pounds, up 8% from May's subjective forecast and 17% above last year's almond crop.  The USDA forecast is based on 740,000 bearing acres.

The weather this spring had few negative effects on the coming almond crop.  Honey bee activity was reported to have been affected somewhat by the rain, but overlap of almond varieties was excellent the report stated.  The USDA also cited that a benefit of the cool spring weather has been less insect pressure and that the trees are growing well with the crop developing in good condition.