California Agricultural Production Statistics
2014 Crop Year Report
In 2014, the most recent year for which a full crop-year report is available, California's 76,400 farms and ranches received approximately $54 billion for their output. This represents an increase of 5.1 percent over 2013. California is the leading US state in cash farm receipts with combined commodities representing nearly 13 percent of the US total.
California's Agricultural Exports
In 2014, California's agricultural exports amounted to $21.59 billion in value. As a percentage of the total US agricultural exports for 2014, California’s share represents 14.3 percent—slightly less than the 14.9 percent share reported the previous year. California's top 10 export destinations—European Union, Canada, China/Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, Korea, India, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and Vietnam—accounted for 69 percent of the 2014 export value. For 2014, India showed the largest growth in total export value compared to the previous year at 19.1 percent.
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. The dairy industry, California’s leading commodity in cash receipts, generated a record $9.36 billion for milk production in 2014, up 23 percent from 2013 and 22 percent above the record year of 2011.
California's top—ten valued commodities for 2014 are:
- Milk — $9.4 billion
- Almonds — $5.9 billion
- Grapes — $5.2 billion
- Cattle, Calves — $3.7 billion
- Strawberries — $2.5 billion
- Lettuce — $2 billion
- Walnuts — $1.8 billion
- Tomatoes — $1.6 billion
- Pistachios — $1.6 billion
- Hay — $1.3 billion
Statistics
California agricultural statistics derive primarily from the United States Department of Agriculture/National Agricultural Statistics Services (USDA/NASS) reports. The California Department of Food and Agriculture also publishes statistics related to California dairy production and, in cooperation with the University of California at Davis, statistics for California agricultural exports. For most timely research into California dairy statistics, please see our dairy pages under Division of Marketing Services. Please see also links in the right hand column for USDA National Agricultural Statistics and Economic Research Service reporting. For county-level reporting please see the CDFA County Liaison site.
Annual crop year reports have been reproduced below for your convenience. Export reports are typically published within the corresponding crop year report. While data is made available throughout the year, crop year and export reports are published typically about one year following the given crop year.
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More Resources
- CA County Ag Commissioners' Reports (NASS)
- CA County Crop Reports
- CA Crop Progress & Condition (NASS)
- CA Crop Year Reports
(2014-1993 CDFA & USDA NASS) - 2013 Crop Year/2014 Report
- 2012 Crop Year/2013 Report
- 2011 Crop Year/2012 Report
- 2010 Crop Year/2011 Report
- 2009 Crop Year/2010 Report
- 2008 Crop Year/2009 Report
- 2007 Crop Year/2008 Report
- 2006 Crop Year/2007 Report
- 2005 Crop Year/2006 Report
- 2004 Crop Year/2005 Report
- 2003 Crop Year/2004 Report
- 2002 Crop Year/2003 Report
- 2001 Crop Year/2002 Report
- 2000 Crop Year/2001 Report
- 1999 Crop Year/2000 Report
- 1998 Crop Year/1999 Report
- 1997 Crop Year/1998 Report
- 1996 Crop Year/1997 Report
- 1995 Crop Year/1996 Report
- 1994 Crop Year/1995 Report
- 1993 Crop Year/1994 Report
- Cal Ag Export Data (UC Davis, Ag Issues Center)
- NASS/RSS: Cal News Feed
- USDA Census of Agriculture (2012)
- USDA/ERS Commodity Data Available by Query by State
- USDA/NASS Cal Office
- USDA/NASS Cal Publications




















