California Almond Acreage Increases

According to a new USDA survey, California’s 2015 almond acreage is estimated at 1,110,000 acres, up 6 percent from the 2014 revised acreage of 1,050,000.
Of the total acreage for 2015, 890,000 acres were bearing and 220,000 acres were non-bearing. Preliminary bearing acreage for 2016 was estimated at 900,000 acres.
Nonpareil continued to be the leading variety, followed by Monterey, Butte, Carmel, and Padre.   Kern, Fresno, Stanislaus, Merced and Madera were the leading
counties. These five counties had 73 percent of the total bearing acreage.