Californias Central Valley | USGS California Water Science Center Using fewer than 1% of U S farmland, the Central Valley supplies 8% of U S agricultural output (by value) and produces 1 4 of the Nation's food, including 40% of the Nation's fruits, nuts, and other table foods
CDFA - Statistics - California Department of Food and Agriculture In 2023, California's farms and ranches received $59 4 billion in cash receipts for their output This represents a 1 4 percent increase in cash receipts compared to the previous year California agricultural exports totaled $22 4 billion in 2023, a decrease of 5 9 percent from 2022
Agriculture in California - Wikipedia The Central Valley of California is one of the world's most productive agricultural regions [184] More than 230 crops are grown there [ 184 ] On less than one percent of the total farmland in the United States, the Central Valley produces eight percent of the nation's agricultural output by value: US$43 5 billion in 2013 [ 185 ]
The Central Valley Feeds the Country and the World Stated by the CDFA, California is the country’s biggest exporter of many agricultural commodities, supplying more than 99 percent of almonds, artichokes, dates, dried plums, figs, garlic, kiwifruit, olives and olive oil, pistachios, raisins, table grapes and walnuts
California: the state that feeds America. - Perkins Engines In the Central Valley, just 1 percent of the country’s farmland produces 8 percent of U S food supply But this region has 17 percent of the nation’s, and 75 percent of California’s, irrigated land Central Valley agriculture alone accounts for 20 percent of the entire US groundwater demand
In California’s Central Valley, Drought Is a Growing Threat to Farms . . . The Central Valley alone produces over 250 crops with a value of about $17 billion per year, contributing an estimated 25 percent of the nation’s food The Central Valley includes parts of 19 counties, which together are home to more than 35,000 farms and nearly 6 million harvested acres
Future of Central Valley Agriculture Is Regenerative California’s Central Valley feeds the United States, producing more than one-fourth of the nation’s food including 40% of the nation’s fruits and nuts It is also home to the most productive agricultural industry in the United States producing 17 3% of the total U S agricultural output
How California Agriculture has Shaped the State and the Country The Central Valley alone —the 400-mile-long, 50-mile-wide region starting just south of Bakersfield and extending northward to Redding—produces 8 percent of America’s food supply though it contains just 1 percent of the country’s farmland
V. The Central Valley Region - US Forest Service More than 250 agricultural commodities are produced in the county including fruit and nut crops, vegetables, cotton and other field crops, and livestock and poultry (Munroe and Jackman 1997) Fresno County is also home to the Internal Revenue County (shaded County