date:Nov 04, 2016
California pistachio growers wound up their 2016 harvest in mid-October. They produce 98 percent of the U.S. crop and have set a new record a whopping 902 million pounds (in-shell), according to the Administrative Committee for Pistachios.
This amount would shatter the previous record of 555 million pounds which American pistachio growers harvested in 2012. While this years production was consistent throughout the pistachio-growing region, it will not set a record in terms of yield per acre.