California Agricultural Production Statistics

California's Top 10 Agricultural Commodities

California's agricultural abundance includes more than 400 commodities. Over a third of the country's vegetables and two-thirds of the country's fruits and nuts are grown in California. California's top-10 valued commodities for the 2020 crop year are:

Dairy Products, Milk — $7.47 billion
Almonds — $5.62 billion
Grapes — 4.48 billion
Pistachios — $2.87 billion
Cattle and Calves — $2.74 billion

Lettuce — $2.28 billion
Strawberries — $1.99 billion
Tomatoes — $1.20 billion
Floriculture — $967 million
Walnuts — $958 million

In 2020 California's farms and ranches received $49.1 billion in cash receipts for their output. This represents a 3.3 percent decrease in cash receipts compared to the previous year.

California agricultural exports totaled $21.7 billion in 2019, an increase of 3.4 percent from 2018. Top commodities for export included almonds, pistachios, dairy and dairy products, wine and walnuts. California's agricultural export statistics are produced by the University of California, Davis, Agricultural Issues Center.

California organic product sales totaled more than $10.4 billion in 2019, an increase of 3.5 percent from the prior year. Organic production encompasses over 2.5 million acres in the state and California is the only state in the U.S. with a USDA National Organic Program.

Note: A comprehensive report for the 2020 crop year will be assembled in late 2021. For most recent agricultural statistics, please use the links on the right side of this page to query the USDA Economic Research Service data as well as the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. For detailed county-level data please follow the links on the right or visit the CDFA County Liaison pages.

Please click on an annual crop year report cover below to view the full report as a PDF.