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California nectarine crop

The 2025 crop finished at 147.0 thousand tons.

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147

thousand tons, 2025 final

Final USDA estimate.

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2025

USDA published production estimates for California nectarine through 2025 and has not surveyed the state since.

California nectarine crop: final estimate by year050100150200thousand tons2014: no forecast · final 175.0 thousand tons20142015: no forecast · final 150.2 thousand tons20152016: no forecast · final 141.6 thousand tons20162017: no forecast · final 132.0 thousand tons20172018: no forecast · final 137.5 thousand tons20182019: no forecast · final 139.5 thousand tons20192020: no forecast · final 145.0 thousand tons20202021: no forecast · final 145.0 thousand tons20212022: no forecast · final 137.0 thousand tons20222023: no forecast · final 145.5 thousand tons20232024: no forecast · final 122.5 thousand tons20242025: no forecast · final 147.0 thousand tons2025
Crop yearFinal (thousand tons)Crop valueShare of US
2025147.0 thousand tons$311M100.0%
2024122.5 thousand tons$234M—
2023145.5 thousand tons$242M—
2022137.0 thousand tons$169M—
2021145.0 thousand tons$168M—
2020145.0 thousand tons$143M—
2019139.5 thousand tons$135M—
2018137.5 thousand tons$119M—
2017132.0 thousand tons$118M—
2016141.6 thousand tons$123M—
2015150.2 thousand tons$135M—
2014175.0 thousand tons$152M—

USDA published annual estimates for this state through 2025. 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 nectarine crop: fresh market vs processing0246thousand tons2014: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons20142015: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 2.2 thousand tons — 0% fresh20152016: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.1 thousand tons — 0% fresh20162017: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 1.0 thousand tons — 0% fresh20172018: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 1.0 thousand tons — 0% fresh20182019: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 2.1 thousand tons — 0% fresh20192020: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 2.9 thousand tons — 0% fresh20202021: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.9 thousand tons — 0% fresh20212022: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 5.5 thousand tons — 0% fresh20222023: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 2.6 thousand tons — 0% fresh20232024: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.2 thousand tons — 0% fresh20242025: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 3.1 thousand tons — 0% fresh2025
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

Updated September 29, 2026

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