The 2024 California Citrus Acreage Report indicates that acreage for five varieties increased from 2022 to 2024 while acreage for the state’s two orange varieties decreased during the same period.
INCREASES
The increases were in:
- Grapefruit, from 8,595 acres in 2022 to 9,053 acres in 2024
- Lemons, from 51,592 acres to 52,725 acres
- Limes, from 561 acres to 570 acres
- Pummelos and hybrids, from 1,230 acres to 1,262 acres
- Mandarins and mandarin hybrids, from 67,148 acres to 68,830 acres
DECREASES
Navel oranges declined from 113,586 acres in 2022 to 112,366 acres in 2024.
Valencia orange acres dipped from 26,225 to 25,297 acres for the same period.
BEARING ACREAGE
The vast majority of all citrus acres was reported as fruit-bearing versus non-bearing. Bearing acreage per variety in 2024 was reported at 8,223 acres for grapefruit; 49,770 for lemons; 538 for limes; 109,461 for navel oranges; 25,050 for Valencia oranges; 1,136 for pummelos and hybrids; and 64,933 for mandarins and mandarin hybrids.
ABOUT THE REPORT
The report was issued by the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s California Agricultural Statistics Service in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA NASS) Pacific Regional Office. The Pacific Regional Office conducts an acreage survey of California citrus growers as funding is available. Funding for the survey was provided by the California citrus industry.
The purpose of the survey is to provide bi-annual citrus acreage, which includes information on new plantings and removals. It is the continuation of a long series of industry-funded surveys.
The report cautioned that a voluntary survey of approximately 5,000 citrus growers is unlikely to attain 100% completeness, and that it is difficult for USDA NASS to detect growers who are planting citrus for the first time.
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Source: California Department of Food and Agriculture
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