Date: September, 2004
Abstract: Production of almonds in California has increased by 220 percent over the past 23 years to 1 billion pounds, making them California’s number one tree nut. Almonds comprise 67 percent of total tree nut production in the United States (U.S.) with a value of USD 1.2 billion in 2002. They are also California’s top agricultural export product and the U.S.’s top horticultural export product.
The growth of recent years is expected to continue and will be accompanied by the...
Research Type: Ag Focus