Tulare Co Crops hit $9.14bil
Tulare County crop value hit $9.14 billion in 2025, up almost 10% from 2024 according to the annual crop report just released.
In the bragging rights for number-one ag county, Tulare is second again behind Fresno who reported their 2025 numbers now at $9.6 biillion. Kern recently reported $8.93 billion in 2025, up 12% vs 2024, behind Tulare numbers. For 2024, Fresno County reported just over $9 billion, 5% higher in value vs 2023 with an increase again likely in 2025.Since 2018, Fresno’s crop value has increased every year.
Tulare County’s numbers always depend on milk, the nations’ number one milk producing country.
Milk per unit price in 2025 was down $2.30 per cwt compared to 2024 with milk accounting for over a quarter of the total value of all crops in the country. Production of milk in the county made up for lower prices, increasing by about 11% taking the total value of milk produced in the county to $2.3 billion vs $2.2 billion in 2024. The 2025 production tonnage was the highest ever.
The year 2025 was when avian flu hit dairy cows and the state’s dairy industry experienced lower output during the early part of the year but production surged toward the end of the year.
Other key crops that helped boost the Tulare crop value in 2025 were cattle that increased from $1.17 billion in 2024 to $1.56 billion as the country’s cattle herd declined.Fruit and nut crops increased to $4.4 billion from $4 billion in 2024. In that category, almonds jumped in value from $339 million to $486 million on higher production per acre.
Most of Fresno’s top crops were up in 2025
Kern County reported both higher almond and cattle prices and pistachios nearly doubled in value based on both higher production and price per pound. Kern’s citrus value declined.
Tangerine values climb
In the citrus category in Tulare County (the nation’s number one citrus county) where it is the number three crop, navels Valencia, lemons and tangerine valuation were all up vs 2024.
Interestingly, tangerine valuation was just short of $600 million in 2025 enjoying both higher production and better prices than 2024, compared to $642 million for navel oranges in 2025. It is possible as tangerine production value increases year by year, this citrus variety may overtake the county’s famed navels that saw a price per ton decrease in 2025.Tulare County’s tangerine acreage has increased to 38,500 from 15,000 in 2012. Tulare’s navel trees cover 76,000 acres, about double tangerine plantings but its value in 2025 was close to the same.
Another note, California citrus is thriving while Florida suffers huge losses due to citrus greening.
Tulare County may come in second in the annual ranking but it still has plenty to brag about.