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California broccoli crop

The 2024 crop finished at 12.1 million cwt.

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12.1

million cwt, 2024 final

Final USDA estimate.

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2024

USDA published production estimates for California broccoli through 2024 and has not surveyed the state since.

California broccoli crop: final estimate by year0102030million cwt2013: no forecast · final 20.5 million cwt20132014: no forecast · final 19.8 million cwt20142015: no forecast · final 20.9 million cwt20152016: no forecast · final 21.4 million cwt20162017: no forecast · final 19.0 million cwt20172018: no forecast · final 17.3 million cwt20182019: no forecast · final 17.4 million cwt20192020: no forecast · final 16.6 million cwt20202021: no forecast · final 13.6 million cwt20212022: no forecast · final 15.5 million cwt20222023: no forecast · final 12.5 million cwt20232024: no forecast · final 12.1 million cwt2024
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop valueShare of US
202412.1 million cwt$975M89.4%
202312.5 million cwt$873M89.4%
202215.5 million cwt$1,011M91.1%
202113.6 million cwt$698M90.0%
202016.6 million cwt$904M91.6%
201917.4 million cwt$856M92.3%
201817.3 million cwt$735M93.0%
201719.0 million cwt$850M93.4%
201621.4 million cwt$774M95.0%
201520.9 million cwt$1,006M95.4%
201419.8 million cwt$795M96.1%
201320.5 million cwt$862M95.8%

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2024. It has since been dropped from the annual survey, so there is no newer production figure — the weekly condition ratings above are the current measure.

Utilization

Where the crop went

Fresh market against processing and unsold volume, by crop year.

California broccoli crop: fresh market vs processing0102030million cwt2013: fresh 19.8, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20132014: fresh 19.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20142015: fresh 20.1, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20152016: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt20162017: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt20172018: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt20182019: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt20192020: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.1 million cwt — 0% fresh20202021: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20212022: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20222023: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt20232024: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh2024
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

Updated September 29, 2026

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