TheCalifornia Freestone Peach Association (CFPA)[2] andCalifornia Canning Peach Association/California Cling Peach Board (CCPA)[2][3] represent the industry.[4] (Although the CFPA is a separate incorporation, it has always been operated by the CCPA's staff.) The majority of the country's peaches are grown here, in 2020[update] 468,000 short tons (425,000 t) for sales of $308.3 million.[5] Since 1980 the total value of the harvest has been slightly increasing.[5] Peach acreage has been declining however, down to 73,000 acres (30,000 ha) as of 2020[update].[5]
As of 2021[update]cling deliveries for processing purposes have been on a downward trend for years.[7] From 430,000 short tons (390,000 t) in 2010, delivered tonnage declined to 225,000 short tons (204,000 t) in 2021.[7] Clingyield shows no clear trend over the same time, bouncing between 18.1 short tons per acre (41 t/ha) and 15.3 short tons per acre (34 t/ha).[7] As of 2022, prices of clingstone peaches had been trending mostly upward for several years, from $317 per short ton ($349/t) in 2012 to $518 per short ton ($571/t). In 2022, CCPA (California Canning Peach Association) expected deliveries of clingstone peaches to be between 214,200–232,400 short tons (194,300–210,800 t) from a yield of 15.3–16.6 short tons per acre (34–37 t/ha).[7]
UCD hosts one of the majorbreeding programs in the country.[8] Most of theprivate breeding programs for peach in the country are found in California, with a significant amount of thepublic breeding also being performed here but also elsewhere in the country.[8]
^Kathryn C. Taylor (August 15, 2003)."Peaches".New Georgia Encyclopedia. Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.Archived from the original on July 5, 2015. RetrievedAugust 3, 2015.
^Agriculture, University of California; Resources, Natural."California Varieties – Fruit Report".Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. RetrievedJuly 6, 2022.
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