2024 STATE AGRICULTURE OVERVIEW

California

† Survey Data from Quick Stats as of: Dec/05/2025

Farms Operations^†

Farm Operations - Area Operated, Measured in Acres / Operation	379
Farm Operations - Number of Operations	62,500
Farm Operations - Acres Operated	23,700,000

Livestock Inventory ^†

Cattle, Cows, Beef - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )	630,000
Cattle, Cows, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )	1,710,000
Cattle, Incl Calves - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )	5,050,000
Cattle, On Feed - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )	520,000
Goats, Meat & Other - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )	74,000
Goats, Milk - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )	38,000
Sheep, Incl Lambs - Inventory ( First of Jan. 2025 )	510,000
Turkeys - Production, Measured in Head	5,200,000

Milk Production ^†

Milk, Skim, Unsweetened, Condensed, Bulk - Production, Measured in Plants	5
Milk, Dry, Nonfat, Human - Production, Measured in Plants	10
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb / Head	23,585
Milk, Skim, Unsweetened, Condensed, Bulk - Production, Measured in Lb	132,010,000
Milk, Dry, Nonfat, Human - Production, Measured in Lb	697,776,000
Milk - Production, Measured in $	8,620,562,000
Milk - Production, Measured in Lb	40,283,000,000

Crops - Planted, Harvested, Yield, Production, Price (MYA), Value of Production ^†
Sorted by Value of Production in Dollars

Commodity	Planted All Purpose Acres	Harvested Acres	Yield	Production	Price per Unit	Value of Production in Dollars
ALMONDS
ALMONDS, UTILIZED, SHELLED			1,980 LB / ACRE	2,730,000,000 LB		5,662,440,000
ALMONDS		1,380,000			2.14 $ / LB
ALMONDS, UTILIZED			1,980 LB / ACRE
GRAPES
GRAPES, UTILIZED				4,880,000 TONS		5,643,714,000
GRAPES, PROCESSING				4,007,800 TONS	986 $ / TON	3,951,646,000
GRAPES, FRESH MARKET				872,200 TONS	1,940 $ / TON	1,692,068,000
GRAPES		793,000	6.15 TONS / ACRE	4,880,000 TONS	1,160 $ / TON
STRAWBERRIES
STRAWBERRIES	45,300	45,000	645 CWT / ACRE	29,000,000 CWT	119 $ / CWT	3,456,522,000
STRAWBERRIES, UTILIZED				28,942,000 CWT
STRAWBERRIES, PROCESSING					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
STRAWBERRIES, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
PISTACHIOS
PISTACHIOS, UTILIZED, IN SHELL				1,100,000,000 LB		2,046,000,000
PISTACHIOS		489,000			1.86 $ / LB
PISTACHIOS, UTILIZED			2,250 LB / ACRE
TOMATOES
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN	245,000	238,700	960 CWT / ACRE	229,152,000 CWT		1,635,435,000
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, PROCESSING						1,286,551,000
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, FRESH MARKET						348,884,000
TOMATOES, IN THE OPEN, UTILIZED				227,547,900 CWT
TOMATOES					7.19 $ / CWT
TOMATOES, FRESH MARKET					60.9 $ / CWT
TOMATOES, PROCESSING					116 $ / TON
HAY & HAYLAGE
HAY & HAYLAGE		1,120,000	5.37 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS	6,019,000 TONS, DRY BASIS		1,321,203,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, ALFALFA	85,000	500,000	6.64 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS	3,319,000 TONS, DRY BASIS		786,603,000
HAY & HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)		620,000	4.35 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS	2,700,000 TONS, DRY BASIS		534,600,000
LETTUCE
LETTUCE, ROMAINE, FRESH MARKET					43.3 $ / CWT	1,314,198,000
LETTUCE, ROMAINE	90,800	90,600	335 CWT / ACRE	30,351,000 CWT	43.3 $ / CWT	1,314,198,000
LETTUCE, HEAD	82,900	82,800	375 CWT / ACRE	31,050,000 CWT	40.1 $ / CWT	1,245,105,000
LETTUCE, HEAD, FRESH MARKET					40.1 $ / CWT	1,245,105,000
LETTUCE, LEAF	63,900	63,800	220 CWT / ACRE	14,036,000 CWT	79 $ / CWT	1,107,738,000
LETTUCE, LEAF, FRESH MARKET					79 $ / CWT	1,107,738,000
LETTUCE, LEAF, UTILIZED				14,022,000 CWT
LETTUCE, ROMAINE, UTILIZED				30,351,000 CWT
LETTUCE, HEAD, UTILIZED				31,050,000 CWT
CARROTS
CARROTS	51,500	51,000	355 CWT / ACRE	18,105,000 CWT	61.2 $ / CWT	1,107,406,000
CARROTS, UTILIZED				18,105,000 CWT
CARROTS, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
CARROTS, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
HAY
HAY		940,000	4.94 TONS / ACRE	4,640,000 TONS	226 $ / TON	1,042,272,000
HAY, ALFALFA		480,000	6.6 TONS / ACRE	3,168,000 TONS	238 $ / TON	750,816,000
HAY, (EXCL ALFALFA)		460,000	3.2 TONS / ACRE	1,472,000 TONS	198 $ / TON	291,456,000
WALNUTS
WALNUTS, ENGLISH, UTILIZED, IN SHELL			1.63 TONS / ACRE	603,000 TONS		1,037,160,000
WALNUTS, ENGLISH		370,000			1,720 $ / TON
WALNUTS, ENGLISH, UTILIZED				603,000 TONS
TANGERINES
TANGERINES		68,000	400 BOXES / ACRE		36.84 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	1,002,169,000
TANGERINES, FRESH MARKET				724,000 TONS
TANGERINES, PROCESSING				364,000 TONS
TANGERINES, UTILIZED				27,200,000 BOXES
BROCCOLI
BROCCOLI	87,000	86,500	140 CWT / ACRE	12,110,000 CWT	81.3 $ / CWT	983,946,000
BROCCOLI, UTILIZED				12,097,900 CWT
BROCCOLI, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
BROCCOLI, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
RICE
RICE	467,000	464,000	8,530 LB / ACRE	39,588,000 CWT	22.1 $ / CWT	874,895,000
ORANGES
ORANGES		135,500	335 BOXES / ACRE		14.08 $ / BOX, ON TREE EQUIV	784,127,000
ORANGES, FRESH MARKET				1,166,000 TONS
ORANGES, UTILIZED				1,816,000 TONS
ORANGES, PROCESSING				650,000 TONS
LEMONS
LEMONS		53,000	462 BOXES / ACRE		27.75 $ / BOX, PHD EQUIV	679,760,000
LEMONS, FRESH MARKET				720,000 TONS
LEMONS, PROCESSING				260,000 TONS
LEMONS, UTILIZED				24,500,000 BOXES
PEACHES
PEACHES, UTILIZED				526,990 TONS		589,621,000
PEACHES, FRESH MARKET				227,820 TONS	1,790 $ / TON	408,138,000
PEACHES, PROCESSING				299,170 TONS	607 $ / TON	181,483,000
PEACHES		38,900	13.6 TONS / ACRE	529,000 TONS	1,120 $ / TON
AVOCADOS
AVOCADOS, UTILIZED				182,420 TONS		523,494,000
AVOCADOS		48,000	3.82 TONS / ACRE	183,500 TONS	2,870 $ / TON
AVOCADOS, FRESH MARKET				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
AVOCADOS, PROCESSING				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
CAULIFLOWER
CAULIFLOWER	36,000	35,900	205 CWT / ACRE	7,359,500 CWT	62.5 $ / CWT	460,130,000
CAULIFLOWER, UTILIZED				7,359,500 CWT
CAULIFLOWER, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
CAULIFLOWER, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
RASPBERRIES
RASPBERRIES, UTILIZED				102,100,000 LB		385,491,000
RASPBERRIES		6,500	15,800 LB / ACRE	102,500,000 LB	3.78 $ / LB
RASPBERRIES, PROCESSING				(D) LB	(D) $ / LB	(D)
RASPBERRIES, FRESH MARKET				(D) LB	(D) $ / LB	(D)
CELERY
CELERY	26,500	26,400	565 CWT / ACRE	14,916,000 CWT	23.9 $ / CWT	357,186,000
CELERY, UTILIZED				14,916,000 CWT
CELERY, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
CELERY, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
CHERRIES
CHERRIES, SWEET, UTILIZED				94,150 TONS		296,097,000
CHERRIES, SWEET, FRESH MARKET				85,460 TONS	3,360 $ / TON	287,146,000
CHERRIES, SWEET, PROCESSING				8,690 TONS	1,030 $ / TON	8,951,000
CHERRIES, SWEET		38,000	2.6 TONS / ACRE	98,800 TONS	3,140 $ / TON
CABBAGE
CABBAGE	15,600	15,500	365 CWT / ACRE	5,657,500 CWT	51.4 $ / CWT	290,809,000
CABBAGE, UTILIZED				5,657,500 CWT
CABBAGE, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
CABBAGE, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
PEPPERS
PEPPERS, BELL	10,000	10,000	410 CWT / ACRE	4,100,000 CWT	68 $ / CWT	278,636,000
PEPPERS, BELL, FRESH MARKET					97.7 $ / CWT	240,342,000
PEPPERS, BELL, PROCESSING					467 $ / TON	38,294,000
PEPPERS, CHILE	2,300	2,200	440 CWT / ACRE	968,000 CWT	22.9 $ / CWT	22,151,000
PEPPERS, CHILE, UTILIZED				967,000 CWT
PEPPERS, BELL, UTILIZED				4,100,000 CWT
PEPPERS, CHILE, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
PEPPERS, CHILE, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
NECTARINES
NECTARINES, UTILIZED				128,240 TONS		246,477,000
NECTARINES		17,000	7.55 TONS / ACRE	128,500 TONS	1,920 $ / TON
NECTARINES, PROCESSING				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
NECTARINES, FRESH MARKET				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
SWEET POTATOES
SWEET POTATOES	18,000	18,000	295 CWT / ACRE	5,310,000 CWT	42.2 $ / CWT	224,330,000
SWEET POTATOES, UTILIZED				5,310,000 CWT
SWEET POTATOES, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
SWEET POTATOES, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
GARLIC
GARLIC	25,300	25,200	145 CWT / ACRE	3,654,000 CWT	58.5 $ / CWT	213,668,000
GARLIC, FRESH MARKET					150 $ / CWT	143,055,000
GARLIC, PROCESSING					523 $ / TON	70,613,000
GARLIC, UTILIZED				3,654,000 CWT
POTATOES
POTATOES	21,000	20,800	430 CWT / ACRE	8,944,000 CWT	23.1 $ / CWT	206,606,000
POTATOES, PROCESSING					(D) $ / CWT
POTATOES, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT
BLUEBERRIES
BLUEBERRIES, TAME, UTILIZED				76,910,000 LB		190,051,000
BLUEBERRIES, TAME, FRESH MARKET				56,160,000 LB	3.24 $ / LB	181,958,000
BLUEBERRIES, TAME, PROCESSING				20,750,000 LB	0.39 $ / LB	8,093,000
BLUEBERRIES, TAME		7,800	10,000 LB / ACRE	78,000,000 LB	2.47 $ / LB
SWEET CORN
SWEET CORN	24,000	23,800	180 CWT / ACRE	4,284,000 CWT	41.6 $ / CWT	178,214,000
SWEET CORN, FRESH MARKET					41.6 $ / CWT	178,214,000
SWEET CORN, UTILIZED				4,284,000 CWT
PRUNES
PRUNES, UTILIZED				77,710 TONS, DRY BASIS		170,962,000
PRUNES, PROCESSING				77,710 TONS, DRY BASIS	2,200 $ / TON	170,962,000
PRUNES		37,000	2.11 TONS / ACRE, DRY BASIS	78,100 TONS, DRY BASIS	733 $ / TON, FRESH BASIS
MELONS
MELONS, CANTALOUP	24,200	24,200	260 CWT / ACRE	6,292,000 CWT	26.9 $ / CWT	169,255,000
MELONS, CANTALOUP, FRESH MARKET					26.9 $ / CWT	169,255,000
MELONS, WATERMELON	12,900	12,800	425 CWT / ACRE	5,440,000 CWT	20.4 $ / CWT	110,976,000
MELONS, WATERMELON, FRESH MARKET					20.4 $ / CWT	110,976,000
MELONS, HONEYDEW	9,000	9,000	290 CWT / ACRE	2,610,000 CWT	31.6 $ / CWT	82,476,000
MELONS, HONEYDEW, FRESH MARKET					31.6 $ / CWT	82,476,000
MELONS, HONEYDEW, UTILIZED				2,610,000 CWT
MELONS, CANTALOUP, UTILIZED				6,292,000 CWT
MELONS, WATERMELON, UTILIZED				5,440,000 CWT
PLUMS
PLUMS, UTILIZED				90,750 TONS		157,905,000
PLUMS, FRESH MARKET				90,750 TONS	1,740 $ / TON	157,905,000
PLUMS		9,600	9.51 TONS / ACRE	91,300 TONS	1,740 $ / TON
OLIVES
OLIVES, UTILIZED				161,200 TONS		143,961,000
OLIVES, PROCESSING				161,200 TONS	893 $ / TON	143,961,000
OLIVES		43,000	3.78 TONS / ACRE	162,500 TONS	893 $ / TON
KIWIFRUIT
KIWIFRUIT, FRESH MARKET				35,330 TONS	3,140 $ / TON	110,936,000
KIWIFRUIT, UTILIZED				35,330 TONS		110,936,000
KIWIFRUIT		5,200	6.8 TONS / ACRE	35,400 TONS	3,140 $ / TON
BEANS
BEANS, SNAP, FRESH MARKET					125 $ / CWT	81,938,000
BEANS, SNAP	7,000	6,900	95 CWT / ACRE	655,500 CWT	125 $ / CWT	81,938,000
BEANS, SNAP, UTILIZED				655,500 CWT
PEARS
PEARS, UTILIZED				117,560 TONS		74,640,000
PEARS, FRESH MARKET				55,700 TONS	717 $ / TON	39,937,000
PEARS, PROCESSING				61,860 TONS	561 $ / TON	34,703,000
PEARS		8,300	14.3 TONS / ACRE	118,500 TONS	635 $ / TON
BEETS
BEETS	4,000	3,900	230 CWT / ACRE	897,000 CWT	80 $ / CWT	71,760,000
BEETS, UTILIZED				897,000 CWT
BEETS, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
BEETS, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
ARTICHOKES
ARTICHOKES	4,200	4,200	160 CWT / ACRE	672,000 CWT	101 $ / CWT	67,872,000
ARTICHOKES, FRESH MARKET					101 $ / CWT	67,872,000
ARTICHOKES, UTILIZED				672,000 CWT
WHEAT
WHEAT	350,000	108,000	84.4 BU / ACRE	9,114,000 BU	7.1 $ / BU	64,688,000
WHEAT, WINTER	325,000	85,000	78 BU / ACRE	6,630,000 BU	6.46 $ / BU	42,705,000
WHEAT, SPRING, DURUM	25,000	23,000	108 BU / ACRE	2,484,000 BU	7.87 $ / BU	21,983,000
GRAPEFRUIT
GRAPEFRUIT		9,700	402 BOXES / ACRE		12.86 $ / BOX, ON TREE EQUIV	63,081,000
GRAPEFRUIT, UTILIZED				156,000 TONS
GRAPEFRUIT, PROCESSING				60,000 TONS
GRAPEFRUIT, FRESH MARKET				96,000 TONS
APPLES
APPLES, UTILIZED				156,800,000 LB		59,965,000
APPLES, FRESH MARKET				49,100,000 LB	0.81 $ / LB	39,771,000
APPLES, PROCESSING				107,700,000 LB	375 $ / TON	20,194,000
APPLES		9,800	16,000 LB / ACRE	157,000,000 LB	0.382 $ / LB
SQUASH
SQUASH	6,600	6,600	220 CWT / ACRE	1,452,000 CWT	40.2 $ / CWT	58,169,000
SQUASH, UTILIZED				1,446,200 CWT
SQUASH, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
SQUASH, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)
COTTON
COTTON, COTTONSEED				157,000 TONS	375 $ / TON	54,375,000
COTTON	166,000	162,700	1,301 LB / ACRE	441,000 480 LB BALES
COTTON, PIMA	145,000	142,000	1,237 LB / ACRE	366,000 480 LB BALES	(D) $ / LB	(D)
COTTON, UPLAND	21,000	20,700	1,739 LB / ACRE	75,000 480 LB BALES	(D) $ / LB	(D)
APRICOTS
APRICOTS, UTILIZED				31,430 TONS		44,028,000
APRICOTS		5,300	6.3 TONS / ACRE	33,400 TONS	1,400 $ / TON
APRICOTS, FRESH MARKET				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
APRICOTS, PROCESSING				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
CORN
CORN, GRAIN		55,000	182 BU / ACRE	10,010,000 BU	4.55 $ / BU	41,405,000
CORN	440,000
CORN, SILAGE		380,000	26 TONS / ACRE	9,880,000 TONS
CUCUMBERS
CUCUMBERS	7,200	7,200	155 CWT / ACRE	1,116,000 CWT	32.1 $ / CWT	35,749,000
CUCUMBERS, FRESH MARKET					75 $ / CWT	26,618,000
CUCUMBERS, PROCESSING					241 $ / TON	9,131,000
CUCUMBERS, UTILIZED				1,112,700 CWT
PUMPKINS
PUMPKINS	4,800	4,700	225 CWT / ACRE	1,057,500 CWT	25.7 $ / CWT	26,797,000
PUMPKINS, FRESH MARKET					25.7 $ / CWT	26,797,000
PUMPKINS, UTILIZED				1,042,700 CWT
SAFFLOWER
SAFFLOWER	38,000	37,500	2,000 LB / ACRE	75,000,000 LB	25 $ / CWT	18,750,000
SUNFLOWER
SUNFLOWER	15,800	15,700	1,494 LB / ACRE	23,460,000 LB	27 $ / CWT	6,328,000
BARLEY
BARLEY	47,000	24,000	58 BU / ACRE	1,392,000 BU	6.25 $ / BU	5,278,000
HAYLAGE
HAYLAGE, ALFALFA		50,000	6.1 TONS / ACRE	305,000 TONS
HAYLAGE		230,000	12.13 TONS / ACRE	2,789,000 TONS
HAYLAGE, (EXCL ALFALFA)		180,000	13.8 TONS / ACRE	2,484,000 TONS
DATES
DATES		(D)	(D) TONS / ACRE	(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON
DATES, FRESH MARKET				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
DATES, PROCESSING				(D) TONS	(D) $ / TON	(D)
DATES, UTILIZED				(D) TONS		(D)
MUSHROOMS
MUSHROOMS, AGARICUS			6.17 LB / SQ FT	67,706,116 LB	2.76 $ / LB
SUGARBEETS
SUGARBEETS	28,300	28,000	47.2 TONS / ACRE	1,322,000 TONS
SPINACH
SPINACH, UTILIZED				(D) CWT
SPINACH	(D)	(D)	(D) CWT / ACRE	(D) CWT	(D) $ / CWT	(D)
SPINACH, FRESH MARKET					(D) $ / CWT	(D)
SPINACH, PROCESSING					(D) $ / TON	(D)

(NA) Not Available
(D) Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual operations
(S) Insufficient number of reports to establish an estimate
(X) Not Applicable
(Z) Less than half the rounding unit

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