Walnut Nursery Sales Publication

United States Department of Agriculture
National Agricultural Statistics Service

2021 California Walnut Nursery
Sales Report
Pacific Region · P.O. Box 1258 · Sacramento, CA 95812 · (916) 738-6600 · (855) 270-2722 Fax · www.nass.usda.gov/ca

Released: July 20, 2022

RESULTS

PROCEDURES

Combined sales of walnut trees to California growers
were 6,444 acres for the 2021 crop year and 10,650
acres for the 2020 crop year. The majority of tree sales
in 2021 were Seedlings, at 62% of new plantings. The
Chandler variety came in second at 30%. For 2020,
Seedlings were the largest percentage of new plantings
at 58%, with the Chandler variety coming in second at
35%. The remaining percentages by variety can be seen
in the pie charts.

Questionnaires were mailed to all known walnut
nurseries in California, and responses were received
from most operations. Nurseries that did not report data
were estimated. The nurseries were asked to report the
number of trees sold by variety for commercial plantings,
and to estimate the percentage of trees sold for new
plantings. Acres planted by variety were then estimated
based on the data reported. Acre estimates were
calculated using the reported number of trees sold, along
with the trees per acre by variety from the Walnut
Acreage Survey.

OBJECTIVE
The primary objective of the California Walnut Nursery
Sales Report survey is to estimate planted acres by
variety for the 2020 and 2021 crop years based on the
number of walnut trees sold for new plantings. This report
summarizes data supplied by California nurseries
throughout the State who sold to walnut growers for
commercial plantings. Results from this survey will be
used in conjunction with the Walnut Acreage Survey to
estimate the walnut acres in California.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The USDA, NASS Pacific Regional Office sincerely
appreciates the nurseries for providing the information.
A special thanks goes to the California Walnut Board for
providing funding and support for this special Walnut
Nursery Sales Report survey.

Walnut Nursery Sales Survey
Variety

Calculated Acres Planted
2017
2018

2015

2016

2019

2020

2021

13,652
59
128
1,085
218

11,394
78
168
557
566

4,832
47
99
120
750

5,979
89
29
528
723

5,042
23
5
363
248

3,708
2
22
209
91

1,904
1
7
132
67

0

2

2

0

0

-

-

Serr
Tulare

0
2,515

6
1,527

8
982

0
362

0
268

326

154

1

24
8,494
126

11
4,402
204

11
3,118
178

0
4,248
166

6,924
180

6,157
135

3,997
182

26,300

18,915

10,148

12,123

13,052

10,650

6,444

Chandler
Franquette
Hartley
Howard
Ivanhoe
Payne 1
1

Vina
Seedlings
Other
Total 2
1

The va ri eties Pa yne, Serr, a nd Vi na a re i ncl uded i n the Other ca tegory s tarting i n 2020.

2

Total s ma y not a dd due to roundi ng.
Source: USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, Pacific Regional Office

GARY KEOUGH, Director
BRENDA HILL & JOHN STEPHENS, Deputy Directors
LENA SCHWEDLER & JENNIFER VAN COURT, Statisticians

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