US: California almond acreage falls again in 2024

Published 2024년 12월 13일

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California's total almond acreage has decreased for the third year in a row, dropping by approximately 40,000 acres to 1.52 million acres in 2024, the smallest decrease in over two decades, according to a report by Land IQ to the Almond Board of California (ABC). Despite the decrease in total acreage, bearing acres increased by 9,000 acres to 1.383 million acres, and shipments reached a record high. However, non-bearing acreage decreased by 47,000 acres to 142,000 acres, and there were significant orchard removals, totaling nearly 67,000 acres. The estimates, which are 98.8% accurate, are commissioned by the ABC to provide statistical transparency and a comprehensive view of California's almond industry.

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California’s total almond acreage dropped again in 2024, making three years in a row that acreage has decreased. This is something that has not happened since at least 1995, according to a new report from Land IQ to the Almond Board of California (ABC), according to a Nov. 20 news release. Total acreage dropped by about 40,000 acres from 1.56 million acres in the last crop year to just more than 1.52 million in 2024. Bearing acres – orchards producing almonds and planted in 2021 or earlier – increased by the smallest amount in more than two decades, just 9,000 acres. The total of bearing acres during the 2024 growing season was 1.383 million acres compared with 1.374 million acres at this time last year, according to the release. However, the amount of non-bearing acreage – new orchards planted in 2022, 2023 or 2024 – sank about 47,000 acres from 189,000 acres in 2023 to 142,000 in 2024, according to the Land IQ 2024 Standing Acreage Final Estimate. “Three straight years of ...

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