# Bountiful Market Updated: August 2024 Position Report

By [Megan Nunes](https://blog.bountiful.ag/author/megan-nunes) · 1 minute read

[Bountiful Market](https://app.bountiful.ag/market?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_6Arp7UEOH2BejSzt03Y43BPPe5ZXtEfWV_LD8HfVr2-xTAuFOhG6JppVQZRGOGbTY_Inp) is updated with new data from the [August 2024 Almond Board of California position report.](https://www.almonds.com/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024.08_PosRpt_5616.pdf?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_6Arp7UEOH2BejSzt03Y43BPPe5ZXtEfWV_LD8HfVr2-xTAuFOhG6JppVQZRGOGbTY_Inp)

### Monthly Shipment Details
Log in to Market on the [Bountiful platform](http://app.bountiful.ag/) for your:
- Monthly Shipments
- Carry-out trends
- Crop Receipts by Variety
- Total Marketable Supply, Shipments vs Commitments

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### 📈 Almond Crop Receipts down over 2023
August's position report marks the start of the 2024/2025 marketing year. Crop receipts to date: **290,095,103 lbs**, up **+313.65%** over last year.

### 🚢 2024 Shipments
August's total shipments: **168,282,707 lbs**, down **-20.63%** over August last year.

### ⚖️ Carry-Out
The final 2023 Carry-Out is **502,650,201 lbs**, down **-0.55%**, from the estimated Carry-Out per July 2024 position report

- **15.73% Carry-Out** as a % of Total Marketable Supply (TMS)
- **19.60% Carry-Out** as a % of Total Shipments.

*Note, ABC finalized Loss & Exempt for 2023, actual L&E of **2.11%** versus the **2%** forecasted L&E figure resulting in a negative adjustment of **2,783,380 pounds** on Carry-Out.*

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### 📊 Total Marketable Supply
August New Crop and Carry-In from 2023 bring the 2024 beginning Total Marketable Supply to **786,943,402 lbs**, down **-9.44%** over last year.

### **📊 Bountiful's 2024 forecasts**
Following the August position report, we publicly share all forecasts released on the [Bountiful platform](https://app.bountiful.ag/login?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8PRRz3tq1KjMn_JRldh4XFE0mAwGkAQlsf5S2aTEmLtJPnTZ1PfEzShRImde2FkCrmKE5f), to our Premium, Farm and Industry, Subscribers, throughout the 2024 crop year.

### 📈 Crop Receipt Projections
Following the December position report we run a forward projection on ABC form 1 crop receipts every month to get an idea of the total size of the crop.

The methodology we use for our crop receipt projections differs from our [in-season machine learning forecasts](https://medium.com/@BountifulAg/forget-everything-you-know-about-forecasting-81b28ca05d2d?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8PRRz3tq1KjMn_JRldh4XFE0mAwGkAQlsf5S2aTEmLtJPnTZ1PfEzShRImde2FkCrmKE5f). Our 2024 in-season forecasts are complete and have not been updated since we released a final forecast in July.