Peach trade begins with variety, stone type, maturity and intended use—not a generic stone-fruit label. Fresh-market freestone peaches, clingstone fruit for processing, and canned, frozen, pulped, dried or dehydrated products use different standards and channels. Comparable offers require variety, freestone or clingstone identity, fresh or processing use, grade and inspection basis, size or count, maturity and firmness, color, defects, pack, origin, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and information vintage.
The figures below are USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service estimates for the 2025 United States peach crop, published in May 2026. They separate utilized production into fresh-market and processing use. They are dated domestic crop measures—not global trade totals, a current physical offer or a live delivered price; annual average crop values are not presented as current lot prices.
Fresh peaches are sold by named variety, freestone or clingstone type, maturity, size, condition and pack. Fruit for canning, freezing or pulping is graded against a different use case, while canned, frozen, dried and dehydrated products add their own styles, composition and processing standards. Atlas keeps variety, stone type, product form and intended use explicit before comparing lots or evidence.
USDA AMS fresh-peach grades address single-variety identity, maturity, shape, color and defects including decay, bacterial spot, scab, split pits, bruising and mechanical injury. Processing grades distinguish freestone fruit and maturity or firmness for canning, freezing or pulping. A physical record preserves the exact standard, variety, stone type, size or count, maturity and firmness, color, defects, treatment, packaging, inspection point, cold-chain history and arrival condition.
USDA NASS estimated 684,750 short tons of utilized U.S. peach production in 2025, including 404,420 tons for the fresh market and 280,330 tons for processing, from 70,800 bearing acres. These dated measures describe domestic crop scale and use. A delivered price still requires the exact variety, stone type, product form, grade, maturity, size, pack, origin, destination, Incoterm, delivery window and current physical evidence.
No. Fresh fruit and peaches for canning, freezing, pulping, drying or dehydration use different variety, maturity, condition, processing, packaging and evidence requirements.
It is USDA NASS's estimate of utilized United States peach production for the 2025 crop year. It is a dated domestic crop measure, not global production and not a current physical price.
USDA fresh-peach grades address variety, maturity, form, color and defect tolerances. U.S. Fancy adds a blush-color requirement, while other grades use different quality and serious-damage thresholds.
Variety, freestone or clingstone identity, fresh or processed form, grade and inspection basis, size or count, maturity and firmness, color, defects and condition, treatment, packaging and net weight, cold-chain history, origin, quantity, currency, Incoterm, destination, delivery window and evidence date.
Figures retain their source, period and review date. Corroboration is not promoted to primary evidence.