California's Top 10 Agricultural Commodities

California's Top 10 Agricultural Commodities

California’s agricultural abundance includes more than 400 commodities. Nearly half of the country’s vegetables and over three-quarters of the country’s fruits and nuts are grown in California. California’s top 10 valued commodities for the 2024 crop year are:1

• Dairy Products, Milk —$8.61 billion
• Almonds — $5.66 billion
• Grapes — $5.64 billion
• Cattle and Calves — $4.98 billion
• Lettuce — $3.67 billion

• Strawberries — $3.46 billion
• Pistachios — $2.05 billion
• Tomatoes — $1.64 billion
• Carrots — $1.57 billion
• Broilers — $1.37 billion

In 2024, California’s farms and ranches received $61.2 billion in cash receipts for their output. This represents a 3.6 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. Top commodities for export included almonds, pistachios, dairy and dairy products, wine and walnuts. California’s agricultural export statistics are produced by the University of California, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

California organic product sales have increased by 21.7 percent from $9.7 billion in 2019 to $11.8 billion in 2023. Organic production encompasses 1.78 million acres in the state. California is the only state in the U.S. with a National Organic Program (NOP) authorized state organic program.

1 Based on USDA ERS numbers published as of September 3, 2025.

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