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Almonds aren't that high-value. Agriculture in total accounts for 2% of the state's GDP. I'm guessing less than 5% of all ag in the state is almonds. The Califo
by xraystyle 11y ago
Almonds aren't that high-value. Agriculture in total accounts for 2% of the state's GDP. I'm guessing less than 5% of all ag in the state is almonds. The California economy is expanding at faster than 2% per year currently.
I'm pretty sure we could tell the almonds to take a hike and not even notice.
- greeneggs 11y ago"I'm guessing less than 5% of all ag in the state is almonds." Based on what? Are you just making up numbers? By round numbers, it seems to be around 10% of agriculture. This report states that it is 15%, but the report is funded by the Almond Board and is probably making generous assumptions [1]. [1] http://aic.ucdavis.edu/almonds/Economic%20Impacts%20of%20California%20Almond%20Industry_Full%20Report_FinalPDF_v2.pdf http://aic.ucdavis.edu/almonds/Economic%20Impacts%20of%20Cal...
- tbabb 11y agoLet's not forget that orchards represent many years of investment. Killing an orchard has a much, much higher cost than simply choosing to grow a different yearly crop.