2012 Top 25 Nut 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.
Rank | Company | Nut Crops Grown | Total Nut Acreage | Total Acreage | 2011 Rank |
1 | Paramount Farming, CA | Almonds, Pistachios | 50,000 | 80,000 | 1 |
2 | Farmland Management Services, CA | Almonds, Walnuts, Pistachios | 24,941 | 31,788 | 2 |
3 | Agriland Farming, CA | Almonds, Walnuts, Pistachios | 14,054 | 16,898 | 4 |
4 | Braden Farms, CA | Almonds, Walnuts | 13,992 | 15,308 | 3 |
5 | South Valley Farms, CA | Almonds, Pistachios | 10,993 | 10,993 | 5 |
6 | Premiere Entities/Westchester Group, CA | Almonds, Pistachios | 8,800 | 17,000 | 6 |
7 | Farmers International, CA | Almonds | 8,282 | 8,282 | 12 |
8 | Cummings-Violich, Inc., CA | Almonds, Walnuts | 8,200 | 8,200 | 8 |
9 | Strain Orchards, CA | Almonds, Pistachios | 7,500 | 7,500 | n/a |
10 | Lent-Burden Farming, CA | Almonds, Walnuts | 6,819 | 10,583 | 18 |
11 | S & J Ranch, CA | Almonds, Pistachios | 6,800 | 6,800 | 10 |
12 | Vann Brothers, CA | Almonds, Walnuts | 6,714 | 6,714 | n/a |
13 | Eastside Management Co., CA | Almonds | 6,612 | 6,612 | 15 |
14 | Meyers Farming, CA | Almonds | 6,500 | 6,500 | 11 |
15 | Baker Farming, CA | Almonds, Pistachios | 5,550 | 7,950 | 13 |
16 | Deseret Farms, CA | Almonds, Walnuts | 5,500 | 5,500 | 7 |
17 | Russell Harris Farms, CA | Almonds, Walnuts, Pistachios | 5,197 | 5,197 | 16 |
18 | Woolf Enterprises, CA | Almonds, Walnuts, Pistachios | 5,133 | 5,133 | 9 |
19 | Campos Brothers Farms, CA | Almonds | 5,000 | 5,000 | 17 |
20 | M & T Chico Ranch, CA | Almonds, Pistachios | 4,100 | 4,100 | n/a |
21 | The Specialty Crop Co., CA | Almonds, Pistachios | 3,865 | 8,015 | 21 |
22 | LCP Services, CA | Almonds | 3,705 | 3,705 | 19 |
23 | Blackburn Farming, CA | Almonds | 3,000 | 3,000 | n/a |
24 | Darrell Vincent Farms, CA | Almonds, Pistachios | 2,721 | 3,800 | n/a |
25 | Roy A. Johnson Farms, CA | Almonds | 2,700 | 2,700 | 22 |
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2012 Top 25 Nut Growers