USA: California almond plantings decline for second consecutive year

According to a latest report submitted by Land IQ to the Almond Board of California (ABC), the total almond planting area in California, USA, will decline again in 2023. Nearly all almond production in the United States is concentrated in California, with the harvest season starting in August and lasting until the end of July. The report shows that the planting area will decrease by approximately 74,000 acres in 2023, from 1.64 million acres in 2022 Reduced to the current 1.56 million acres. This is the second consecutive year that California’s almond planting area has declined, a situation that has never happened there since 1995. The area put into production increased from 1.34 million acres in the same period of 2022 to 1.37 million acres in 2023; the area not put into production (newly planted orchards from 2021 to 2023) decreased from 294,000 acres in 2022 to 189,000 acres in 2023. . Richard Waycott, CEO of the California Almond Council, said that the latest analysis shows ...