California produces 80 percent of the world’s almonds but this year production decreased across the state. One grower says not only did the drought and supply chain issues factor in but also inflation.
Bret Sill, a local almond farmer in Shafter is just one of the almond growers that says this year wasn’t the same.
“It’s been a tough year. On top of that we’ve had bad market conditions because of oversupply,” said Sill. “We’ve probably planted a lot of almonds over the last few years and went from a 2 billion pound crop to over a 3.2 billion pound crop.”
Richard Waycott, president, and CEO of the California Almond Board says the decrease took place across the state.
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