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Fueled by surging almond and pistachio production, Yolo County’s agricultural industry generated $911.9 million in 2025, an increase of nearly $93 million, or 11.3%, from the previous year, even as the region’s struggling wine grape industry continued to lose ground.
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Yolo County’s 2025 Crop and Livestock Report showed that ag production reached its highest value in at least six years, driven largely by gains in almonds and other fruit and nut crops. The county also issued agricultural export certificates for shipments to 102 countries.
The report was presented to the Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Oct. 6 by Agricultural Commissioner Humberto Izquierdo. The figures measured the gross value of ag production, not farm profits or the industry’s broader economic impact. The report also noted that rising production costs offset some of the gains.
The increased value in Yolo County primarily came from fruit and nuts, including almonds, pistachios and olives, the report stated.
Almonds remained the county’s most valuable crop, generating $223.9 million in 2025, up $45 million, or 25.2%, from 2024. Processing tomatoes ranked second at $189.1 million, an increase of nearly $16 million, or 9.2%.
Organic production ranked third at $71.9 million, up $9.4 million, or 15.1%, from the previous year.
Pistachios recorded one of the largest increases, nearly doubling in value from $22.4 million in 2024 to $44.2 million in 2025 — a gain of $21.8 million, or 97.2%. The county attributed the increase partly to maturing orchards that produced more nuts and a roughly 12% increase in prices per ton.
Olive prices also rose about 29% per ton, while processing tomato growers reported higher-than-average yields that helped offset lower prices.
Wine grapes, however, continued a multiyear decline in both acreage and value. The crop generated $67.5 million in 2025, down $14.2 million, or 17.4%, from $81.7 million in 2024. The decline followed a 19.4% drop in 2024, when wine grape production fell from $101.4 million in 2023. Over those two years, the value of Yolo County wine grapes dropped $33.9 million, or 33.5%.
The county lost 2,775 acres of wine grapes between 2024 and 2025, leaving approximately 13,600 acres in production, compared with 16,400 acres in 2024 and 17,700 acres in 2023. That represented a roughly 23% reduction in acreage over two years.
The downturn also affected businesses supplying the wine industry. The value of nursery products, which included plants and other materials used in wine grape production, declined 17% in 2025, according to the report.
Sacramento County also reported declines of roughly 20% in wine grape production value in both 2024 and 2025.
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The latest figures continued a period of substantial fluctuations in Yolo County agricultural production. In 2020, the county generated $670.1 million in ag value, down 12.5% from 2019, when production totaled $765.2 million.
In 2022, the county produced about $693 million worth of ag commodities, a decrease of about 14% compared to 2021. Production rebounded in 2023, when the value reached $902.1 million, driven partly by higher tomato prices and strong rice production.
In 2024, ag production fell to $824.6 million, according to that year’s original report, a decrease of $77.5 million, or 8.6%, from 2023. The county later revised its 2024 total to $819.1 million in the 2025 report.
Despite the overall decline in 2024, almond production increased by nearly $58 million, as prices rose by approximately $1,000 per ton. Almonds overtook processing tomatoes as the county’s most valuable crop that year.
Compared with 2020, Yolo County’s agricultural production value increased by $241.9 million, or 36.1%, through 2025. The increase reflected changes in crop prices and production rather than an inflation-adjusted measure of economic growth.
Neighboring Sacramento County also reported growth in ag production, with gross production value reaching $550.3 million in 2025, an increase of 2.6% from the previous year.
Sacramento County’s wine grape industry also struggled, with production value declining nearly 20% between 2023 and 2025, according to county Agricultural Commissioner Chris Flores.
Sacramento County also released its first comprehensive agricultural economic analysis, which found that the industry contributed nearly $1.2 billion to the local economy in 2024 through production, food processing and related economic activity.
The analysis, conducted by Agricultural Impact Associates, estimated $768.2 million in economic output from farm production and $429.5 million from locally sourced food processing. Those figures included indirect economic effects, such as spending by agricultural businesses and employees.
Neighboring Placer County also reported an increase in ag production, with the gross value of crops and livestock reaching a record $122 million in 2025, up $11 million, or 9.9%, from 2024. The county attributed the growth largely to higher cattle prices and increased production of tree nuts.
This story was originally published October 13, 2026 at 5:39 PM with the headline “Yolo County agriculture topped $911 million in 2025 as almond values surged.”