The 2025 crop is estimated at 1.57 billion pounds with bearing acreage reaching 520,000, both all-time highs according to USDA economist Katherine Weber.
Production is up 43% year-over-year, driven by a high-yield 'on year' and strong market demand, with domestic shipments rising 4% midway through the marketing year.
Pistachio acreage has expanded nearly fivefold in two decades, making it California's second-largest tree nut crop, and per capita availability now ranks just behind almonds.
Amid a record US harvest, why have global pistachio prices surged to an 8-year high?
As US pistachios dominate Europe, can they replace a 96% export collapse to China?
With California's water crisis, can solar farms truly save the pistachio industry from drought?
Is converting farmland to solar panels a sustainable future for California's agricultural economy?
Will the viral 'Dubai chocolate' trend create a lasting boom or a future bust for pistachio growers?