A look at California’s agricultural commodities

In 2022, there were 24 million acres devoted to farming and ranching in California.

The average farm size was 351 acres. A total of 68,400 farms operated in that year.

The agricultural commodities produced in California in 2022 earned these profits:

• Dairy products, $10 billion

• Grapes, $5.5 billion

• Crops, such as vegetables, berries, tree fruit and nuts, $5.5 billion

• Cattle and calves, $3.6 billion

• Shelled almonds, $3.5 billion

Tulare and Fresno counties were the top-producing areas.

California is the sole producer of several crops in the United States. This means that California grows more than 99% of all almonds, artichokes, celery, garlic, grapes, kiwi fruit, melon, nectarines, plums, olives, pistachios and walnuts.

— Katie Martin, UC Marin Master Gardeners