2012 Top 25 Stone Fruit Growers

This list, which is part of American/Western Fruit Grower’s annual Top 100 Growers report, is ranked according to 2011 acreage for the below crops, and the farms must be owned or leased by one company that is responsible for maintaining it.

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Rank Company Stone Fruit Grown Total Stone Fruit Acreage Total Acreage 2011 Rank
1 Gerawan Farming, CA  Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Apricots, Pluots  9,168  12,162  1
2 Wawona Packing Co. LLC, CA  Peaches, Apricots, Nectarines, Plums, Pluots, Cherries  6,836  6,919  2
3 Titan Farms, SC  Peaches  5,040  5,040  3
4 Sunwest Fruit, CA  Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Apricots, Cherries  4,900  9,800  3
5 Family Tree Farms, CA  Peaches, Apricots, Nectarines, Plums, Prunes, Cherries  4,000  4,000  14
6 Moonlight Companies, CA  Peaches, Nectarines, Cherries, Plums  3,941  5,303  10
7 Fowler Packing, CA  Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Apricots, Cherries  3,910  3,910  5
8 Taylor Orchards, GA  Peaches  3,600  3,600  6
9 Sun Valley Packing, CA  Nectarines, Peaches, Plums, Apricots  3,330  3,530  12
10 J.W. Yonce and Sons, SC  Peaches  3,200  3,200  7
11 Lane Southern Orchards, GA  Peaches  3,000  6,000  8
12 Thiara Brothers Orchards, CA  Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Apricots, Prunes  2,500  3,800  11
13 Dixie Belle Orchards, SC  Peaches  2,474  2,504  15
14 Simonian Fruit, CA  Peaches, Nectarines, Plums  2,251  3,000  n/a
15 Gebbers Farms, WA  Cherries  2,194  8,297  18
16 Cherry Bay Orchards, MI  Cherries  2,100  2,400  13
17 Orchard View Farms, OR  Sweet Cherries  2,040  2,094  16
18 Valley View Packing, CA  Plums, Prunes, Apricots  2,000  2,000  17
19 WMJ Farms, CA  Peaches, Plums, Nectarines  1,905  1,905  n/a
20 Stemilt Growers, WA  Cherries, Peaches, Apricots  1,720  11,364  19
21 Sun World International, CA  Peaches, Nectarines, Plums, Apricots, Prunes  1,698  7,104  20
22 Symms Fruit Ranch, ID  Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Apricots, Cherries  1,527  3,224  22
23 Cherry Ke, MI  Cherries  1,500  1,500  9
24 Broetje Orchards, WA  Cherries  1,450  6,500  23
25 Pearson Farm, GA  Peaches  1,400  3,700  23

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