{"id":23808,"date":"2025-11-14T13:35:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/?p=23808"},"modified":"2025-11-14T13:40:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:40:37","slug":"pistachio-harvest-in-california-aspires-to-eclipse-2023-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/news\/2025\/11\/14\/pistachio-harvest-in-california-aspires-to-eclipse-2023-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Pistachio harvest in California aspires to eclipse 2023 record"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The world\u2019s biggest in-shell pistachio harvest has hit the home run in California amid record-shattering production projections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2025\u2019s output might surpass 2023\u2019s high of 1.5 billion pounds worth over $3 billion, but will still fall short of initial targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Forecasts had initially projected the fall crop at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villagenews.com\/story\/2025\/11\/13\/lifestyles\/food-trends-boost-pistachio-market-as-production-rises\/80426.html\"><u>1.8 billion pounds&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>but revised that figure downward as picking progressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But farmers in the productive southern part of Central Valley in the heart of the state still expect a record crop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The valley kickstarted its 2025 picking campaign end August in the production capital of Kern County, home to Golden Hills cultivars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Early September, other counties got into the harvest groove in a process that will end this November.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Kreps, chairman of the American Pistachio Growers organization in August had praised the maturing fruit as having the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/agnetwest.com\/california-pistachio-harvest-2025-insights-richard-kreps\/\"><u>most uniform fill<\/u><\/a>\u201d in over 15 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kreps had then offered a sober production figure of over 1.5 billion pounds, which would effectively top the 2023 record.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Propelling this gain is Central Valley\u2019s pistachio acreage boom that spiked by nearly 30,000 acres a year between 2018 and 2022. By 2024, there were 480,000 pistachio-bearing acres statewide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This large swathe of land helps California supply 99% of federal pistachio supplies, which in turn represent 2\/3rds of global supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-profitable-harvest-at-home-and-abroad\"><strong>Profitable Harvest at Home and Abroad \u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Given its lion\u2019s share in the global market, the United States commands profitable markets worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In mid-May 2025, pistachios further attracted a China tariff reduction from 125% to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundus-agri.eu\/news\/pistachios-twist-tariffs-supply-distribution.n34999.html\"><u>10%&nbsp;<\/u><\/a>in a Geneva, Switzerland agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides, China remains a new major market for the American crop along with the likes of India and Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the home context, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.selinawamucii.com\/insights\/prices\/united-states-of-america\/pistachios\/\"><u>wholesale price<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;is pretty steady most seasons. On November 6, 2025,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/californiacurated.com\/2025\/11\/06\/the-happy-nut-californias-rise-to-pistachio-power\/\"><u>California Curated<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;quoted Mark Arax citing that his San Joaquin Valley crop sells at $4.25 a pound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The yield rates at the valley also reach 38 pounds to the tree, convertible financially to $162 a tree, according to Arax. With such margins, California can expect a breakthrough pistachio harvest this year, per the below statistical projections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-california-2025-and-beyond-pistachio-statistics\"><strong>California 2025 and Beyond Pistachio&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Statistics&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Providing 99% of the federal crop annually, California is the capital of pistachios in the United States. Helping this status quo is ever-increasing acreage at 28,489 acres annually from 2023 to 2031, per the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanpistachios.org\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-files\/ProjectedPistachioProductionReport_09182023.pdf\"><u>American Pistachios<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;organization. While actual crop-bearing acreage was at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.villagenews.com\/story\/2025\/11\/13\/lifestyles\/food-trends-boost-pistachio-market-as-production-rises\/80426.html\"><u>488,000 acres<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;in 2025, new plantings totaled 583,400 acres in 2023. Projections reveal that all plantings could hit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/americanpistachios.org\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-files\/ProjectedPistachioProductionReport_09182023.pdf\"><u>811,300 acres<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;come 2031.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This acreage has come a long way since the 1854 introduction of the crop in California. By 1977, harvested acreage had risen to a modest 1,700 acres, which would soar to<a href=\"https:\/\/apps1.cdfa.ca.gov\/FertilizerResearch\/docs\/Pistachio_Production_CA.pdf\"><u>\u00a0178,000 acres<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in 2012. Production in turn peaked in 2023 at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/agnetwest.com\/california-pistachio-harvest-2025-insights-richard-kreps\/\"><u>1.5 billion pounds<\/u><\/a>, a record that the 2025 harvest looked on capable of shattering.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Which counties produce the most pistachios in California?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kern county in Central valley represents 42% of the annual pistachio crop in CA as of 2012, per the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apps1.cdfa.ca.gov\/FertilizerResearch\/docs\/Pistachio_Production_CA.pdf\"><u>government of California<\/u><\/a>. Kern, Fresno, Madera, Tulare and Kings counties together produce some 96% of the statewide pistachios.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are pistachios productive in CA?<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to gaining agricultural insights, California\u2019s pistachios turned highly productive starting the early 2010s, averaging\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps1.cdfa.ca.gov\/FertilizerResearch\/docs\/Pistachio_Production_CA.pdf\"><u>3,160 pounds\u00a0<\/u><\/a>\/acre. Beforehand in the 1979-82 period, the yield rate was as low as 930 pounds\/acre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s biggest in-shell pistachio harvest has hit the home run in California amid record-shattering production projections. 2025\u2019s output might surpass 2023\u2019s high of 1.5 billion pounds worth over $3 billion, but will still fall short of initial targets. 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