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California cauliflower crop

The 2024 crop finished at 6.9 million cwt.

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6.9

million cwt, 2024 final

Final USDA estimate.

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2024

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

California cauliflower crop: final estimate by year02.557.510million cwt2013: no forecast · final 5.9 million cwt20132014: no forecast · final 5.6 million cwt20142015: no forecast · final 5.8 million cwt20152016: no forecast · final 6.6 million cwt20162017: no forecast · final 8.0 million cwt20172018: no forecast · final 8.3 million cwt20182019: no forecast · final 8.9 million cwt20192020: no forecast · final 8.6 million cwt20202021: no forecast · final 7.7 million cwt20212022: no forecast · final 8.6 million cwt20222023: no forecast · final 7.1 million cwt20232024: no forecast · final 6.9 million cwt2024
Crop yearFinal (million cwt)Crop valueShare of US
20246.9 million cwt$429M85.6%
20237.1 million cwt$453M88.0%
20228.6 million cwt$555M89.0%
20217.7 million cwt$345M87.5%
20208.6 million cwt$396M88.3%
20198.9 million cwt$490M88.6%
20188.3 million cwt$374M87.8%
20178.0 million cwt$330M88.4%
20166.6 million cwt$345M88.1%
20155.8 million cwt$345M88.6%
20145.6 million cwt$275M87.7%
20135.9 million cwt$251M88.1%

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 cauliflower crop: fresh market vs processing0246million cwt2013: fresh 5.8, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20132014: fresh 5.5, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 100% fresh20142015: fresh 5.8, 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 cwt — 0% fresh20172018: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20182019: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt — 0% fresh20192020: 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 cwt20212022: 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 cwt — 0% fresh20232024: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 million cwt2024
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

Updated September 29, 2026

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