date:May 23, 2016
gin compression for U.S. nut growers.
Over the past few months, nut prices have decreased by nearly 50 percent from the record highs seen in 2013 for walnuts and pistachios and from the 2015 levels of almonds in response to waning demand in developing and traditional markets. Some have argued that the rebalancing of prices was inevitable, if not long overdue, as nuts were starting to price themselves out of the market.
The U.S. nut industry faces other challenges as well, including a stronger