Almond production and export are growing in California (USA)
Almond Kernel
United States
Published May 1, 2021
Tridge summary
The area of fruiting almond orchards in California in 2020 increased by 5.9% compared to the same period in 2019 and reached 506.25 thousand hectares (1.25 million acres). The total area of almond orchards, including non-bearing ones, is 648 thousand hectares (1.6 million acres), which is 5.3% more than a year earlier.
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These data are provided by the California Almond Growers Council with reference to the recently published reports of the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA-NASS) "2020 California Almond Acreage Report" and the analytical agency Land IQ's "2021 Standing Acreage Initial Estimate". Nonpareil remains the most common almond in California. It is followed by Monterey, Butte, Carmel and Padre. Read also: A Georgian company will plant a 125-hectare almond garden “California continues to grow in both fertile and non-fertile almond orchards, suggesting that almond production will continue to grow in the coming years. Demand for Californian almonds remains strong this season and shipments from August 2020 to March 2021 are up 17.7% year-on-year, while the harvest in the 2020-2021 season. exceeded 3 billion pounds (1.362 million tonnes), ”said Richard Waycott, President and CEO of the California Almond Growers Council. In the period from August ...
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