"The biggest factor in the decrease in crop from last year was the scrapes that didn't get harvested," Lodi Winegrape Commission Executive Director Stuart Spencer shared. "There was just no buyers for the grapes. That's a function of a declining demand combined with cheap imports coming in. It's just left California grape growers with no home."
According to the San Joaquin County 2024 Crop Report, grapes were valued at just over $319 million.
"The big factors are the yields and actual pricing on it," San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner Kamaljit Bagri explained. "A lot of our growers are actually pulling vineyards in our region, and that's because there are no contracts out there. The market is flooded with wine, and we have also seen that consumers now are not looking at wine anymore."
On top of less consumption, cheap imports are having a heavy impact on local wine.
But overall crop in the county from last year was profitable.
Milk remains the leading crop in the county, valued at over $536 million. Almonds jumped to the second spot with an increase in value of more than $148 million, nearly 44%.
"I think Lodi is in a great spot right now. The approachability of our wines, the accessibility of it, the price points, you know, we're seeing increase in demand and visitation here that is helping drive us," Spencer continued. "That's what we're going to continue to do -- work twice as hard, and, you know, put out a great product, and tell our story and invite people to come down.
As for the rest of the county's crops, eggs and chickens were in the fourth spot with walnuts in fifth, seeing the largest increase in the county at 60% in value.
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