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  2. Agriculture in California - Wikipedia

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    California produces almonds worth $5.3 billion every year. That is 100% of commercial almonds in the United States, 100% of all of North America, and 80% of commercial almonds around the world. Agriculture is a significant sector in California's economy, producing nearly US$50 billion in revenue in 2018.

  3. Grape cultivation in California - Wikipedia

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    California's own consumption of table production grew from 1980 to 2001 from 1.8 to 3.5 kilograms (4.0 to 7.7 lb) per capita per year. [7] Consumption here and throughout the country is so high that the country remains a net importer despite this state's production, which reached 71,000 short tons (64,000 t) in the 2015 table harvest.

  4. Imperial Valley - Wikipedia

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    The number of canal and pipeline branches number roughly over a hundred. Imported water and a long growing season allow two crop cycles each year, and the Imperial Valley is a major source of winter fruits and vegetables, cotton, and grain for U.S. and international markets. Alfalfa is another

  5. Most valuable crops in California: Grapes, almonds, milk ...

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  6. One of California’s most fertile counties has a new most ...

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    The gross value of Fresno County’s crop and livestock production reached almost $8.1 billion in 2022. One of California’s most fertile counties has a new most valuable crop. Here’s what it is

  7. List of California native plants - Wikipedia

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    Some California native plants are in rapid decline in their native habitat due to urban sprawl, agriculture, overgrazing, recreational impacts, pollution, and invasive non-native species (invasive exotics) colonization pressures (animals and other kingdoms of life, as well as plants).

  8. Fast-growing asparagus once flourished on California farms ...

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    The cost of labor to bring the crop to market is huge, accounting for about 75% of production costs in 2000, said Cherie Watte, who once served as president and director of the California ...

  9. History of agriculture in California - Wikipedia

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    While agriculture in pre-contact California certainly did not fit into the Western definition of agriculture, the keen stewardship of California's natural ecosystem by Indigenous Californians to achieve the best possible output of resources is "agricultural," with California's ecosystems acting as a large, unbounded agricultural site.