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California plum crop

The 2025 crop finished at 84.5 thousand tons.

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84.5

thousand tons, 2025 final

Final USDA estimate.

Production record

Final crop by year, through 2025

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

California plum crop: final estimate by year050100150thousand tons2014: no forecast · final 104.0 thousand tons20142015: no forecast · final 92.5 thousand tons20152016: no forecast · final 108.8 thousand tons20162017: no forecast · final 117.9 thousand tons20172018: no forecast · final 85.6 thousand tons20182019: no forecast · final 79.2 thousand tons20192020: no forecast · final 82.1 thousand tons20202021: no forecast · final 71.1 thousand tons20212022: no forecast · final 70.8 thousand tons20222023: no forecast · final 89.6 thousand tons20232024: no forecast · final 91.3 thousand tons20242025: no forecast · final 84.5 thousand tons2025
Crop yearFinal (thousand tons)Crop valueShare of US
202584.5 thousand tons$172M100.0%
202491.3 thousand tons$158M100.0%
202389.6 thousand tons$140M100.0%
202270.8 thousand tons$96M100.0%
202171.1 thousand tons$78M100.0%
202082.1 thousand tons$96M100.0%
201979.2 thousand tons$90M100.0%
201885.6 thousand tons$80M100.0%
2017117.9 thousand tons$115M100.0%
2016108.8 thousand tons$87M100.0%
201592.5 thousand tons$91M100.0%
2014104.0 thousand tons$95M100.0%

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 plum crop: fresh market vs processing0255075100thousand tons2014: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.0 thousand tons20142015: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 1.0 thousand tons — 0% fresh20152016: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 1.0 thousand tons — 0% fresh20162017: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 3.0 thousand tons — 0% fresh20172018: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.2 thousand tons — 0% fresh20182019: fresh 72.1, processing 4.3, not sold 2.9 thousand tons — 91% fresh20192020: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 1.6 thousand tons — 0% fresh20202021: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 2.4 thousand tons — 0% fresh20212022: fresh 65.7, processing 0.0, not sold 5.1 thousand tons — 93% fresh20222023: fresh 85.4, processing 0.0, not sold 4.2 thousand tons — 95% fresh20232024: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 0.5 thousand tons — 0% fresh20242025: fresh 0.0, processing 0.0, not sold 1.0 thousand tons — 0% fresh2025
Fresh marketProcessingNot sold

Updated September 29, 2026

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