According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the USDA, California’s 2019 almond acreage is estimated at 1,530,000 acres, up 10% from the 2018 acreage of 1,390,000.
According to a report released on the web, the agencies say of the total acreage for 2019, 1,180,000 acres were bearing and 350,000 acres were non-bearing.
Preliminary bearing acreage for 2020 was estimated at 1,260,000 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 72 percent of the total bearing acreage.
