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Although almonds are not native to California, a hot, dry Mediterranean climate and developed water infrastructure create favorable conditions for commercial cultivation of the crop. [2] In 2020, there were 1.25 million acres (5,100 km 2) devoted to almond farming in California, producing 2.8 billion pounds (1.3 Mt). [3]
California produces about 80% of the world’s supply of almonds. And according to federal data, the state’s harvested almond orchards skyrocketed from 760,000 acres in 2011 to more than 1.3 ...
Although almonds are not native to California, a hot, dry Mediterranean climate and developed water infrastructure create favorable conditions for commercial cultivation of the crop. [7] In 2020, there were 1.25 million acres (5,100 km 2) devoted to almond farming in California, producing 2.8 billion pounds (1.3 Mt). [8]
Almond tree with blossoming flowers, Valley of Elah, Israel. Sustainability strategies implemented by the Almond Board of California and almond farmers include: [42] [49] [50] tree and soil health, and other farming practices; minimizing dust production during the harvest; bee health; irrigation guidelines for farmers; food safety
Pistachio farmers learn from almond farming struggles Pistachios are poised to weather California's dry spells better than its even bigger nut crop, almonds, which generated nearly $4 billion in ...
The acreage of almond trees, both bearing and non-bearing, in the region more than doubled between 2002 and 2022, rising from just over 551,000 acres in 2002 to almost 1.3 million by 2022 – an ...
Blue Diamond Growers is an agricultural cooperative and marketing organization that specializes in California almonds. Founded in 1910 as the California Almond Growers' Exchange, the organization claims to be the world's largest tree nut processing and marketing company. It serves 3,500 almond growers, and helps make the almond crop (valued at ...
As almond growers use increasingly scarce and expensive water to irrigate this year's crop, over a billion pounds of nuts remain stranded in port. A billion pounds of California almonds stranded ...