<p></p><p>SELECT Harvests’ almond crop is expected to be slightly larger than earlier estimates. Addressing investors in the US this week, Select Harvests said it had now forecast its 2015-16 crop at 14,000 tons, about 300 tons higher than its previous estimate. <br></p> <p>The listed company said about 40 per cent of the harvest — which had only just been completed — had now been processed, with quality meeting earlier expectations.</p> <p>Select Harvests managing director Paul Thompson said market prices had improved a bit in recent times and is now at $9 a kg. <br></p> <p>Mr Thompson said recent rain had placed the company’s 5800 hectares of orchards in a positive position, with bud potential looking good. He said the company would plant another 1000ha of trees this year, mostly through investment by First State Super.<br></p><p></p>