Editing Almond (section)

== Production ==
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|+ Almonds (with shell), 2022
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! Country
! [[Tonne]]s
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| {{USA}} || 1,858,010
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| {{AUS}} || 360,328
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| {{ESP}} || 245,990
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| {{TUR}} || 190,000
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| {{MAR}} || 175,763
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| {{center|'''World'''}} || '''3,630,427'''
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| colspan="2" |<small>Source: [[FAOSTAT]] of the United Nations<ref name="faostat">{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QC|title=Almonds (in shells) production in 2022, Crops/Regions/World list/Production Quantity (pick lists) |publisher= UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Corporate Statistical Database (FAOSTAT) |date=2024 |access-date= 23 April 2024}}</ref></small>
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In 2022, world production of almonds was 3.6&nbsp;million [[tonnes]], led by the United States (table). Secondary producers were Australia and Spain.

=== United States ===
In the United States, production is concentrated in California where {{cvt|1000000|acre|ha|order=flip}} and six different almond varieties were under cultivation in 2017, with a yield of {{convert|2.25|e9lb|e9kg|abbr=off}} of shelled almonds.<ref name="usda">{{cite web |last1=Averill |first1=Travis |title=2017 Almond Forecast |url=http://www.almonds.com/sites/default/files/content/attachments/almond_objective_report_2017_presentation.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.almonds.com/sites/default/files/content/attachments/almond_objective_report_2017_presentation.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |publisher=National Agricultural Statistics Service, US Department of Agriculture |access-date=12 November 2017 |date=6 July 2017}}</ref> California production is marked by a period of intense pollination during late winter by [[renting|rented]] commercial bees transported by truck across the U.S. to almond groves, requiring more than half of the total U.S. commercial honeybee population.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ginger Zee |author2=David Miller |author3=Kelly Harold |author4=Andrea Miller |title=Growing California almonds takes more than half of US honeybees |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/growing-california-almonds-takes-half-us-honeybees/story?id=52265334 |access-date=1 September 2018 |work=ABC News |date=16 January 2018}}</ref> The value of total U.S. exports of shelled almonds in 2016 was $3.2&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Workman |first1=Daniel |title=Top Almonds Exporters by Country in 2016 |url=http://www.worldstopexports.com/top-almonds-exporters-by-country/ |publisher=World's Top Exports |access-date=12 November 2017 |date=25 July 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113003342/http://www.worldstopexports.com/top-almonds-exporters-by-country/ |archive-date=13 November 2017}}</ref>

All commercially grown almonds sold as food in the U.S. are sweet cultivars. The U.S. [[Food and Drug Administration]] reported in 2010 that some fractions of imported sweet almonds were contaminated with bitter almonds, which contain cyanide.<ref name=":1">{{cite journal |vauthors=Toomey VM, Nickum EA, Flurer CL |date=September 2012 |title=Cyanide and amygdalin as indicators of the presence of bitter almonds in imported raw almonds |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1230689 |url-status=dead |journal=Journal of Forensic Sciences |volume=57 |issue=5 |pages=1313–7 |doi=10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02138.x |pmid=22564183 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725075712/https://zenodo.org/record/1230689 |archive-date=2020-07-25 |s2cid=20002210}}</ref>

=== Australia ===
Australia is the largest almond production region in the [[Southern Hemisphere]]. Most of the almond orchards are located along the [[Murray River]] corridor in [[New South Wales]], Victoria, and [[South Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Where are Australian Almonds grown? |url=http://australianalmonds.com.au/enjoy/australian_almonds/where-are-australian-almonds-grown |website=Almond Board of Australia |access-date=22 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222115633/http://australianalmonds.com.au/enjoy/australian_almonds/where-are-australian-almonds-grown |archive-date=22 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theland.com.au/story/3580611/agri-comeback-kids-of-2014/ |title=Agri-comeback kids of 2014 |first=Chris |last=Gibson |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=5 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222205829/http://www.theland.com.au/story/3580611/agri-comeback-kids-of-2014/ |archive-date=22 December 2015 |access-date=22 December 2015 }}</ref>

=== Spain ===
Spain has diverse commercial cultivars of almonds grown in [[Catalonia]], [[Valencia]], [[Murcia]], Andalusia, and [[Aragón]] regions, and the [[Balearic Islands]].<ref name="gain">{{cite web |url=https://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Tree%20Nuts%20Annual_Madrid_EU-28_9-8-2016.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://gain.fas.usda.gov/Recent%20GAIN%20Publications/Tree%20Nuts%20Annual_Madrid_EU-28_9-8-2016.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Tree nuts annual; Almonds, shelled basis; Report number SP1619 |publisher=GAIN Report, US Department of Agriculture |date=15 September 2016 |access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref> Production in 2016 declined 2% nationally compared to 2015 production data.<ref name=gain/>

The almond cultivar 'Marcona' is recognisably different from other almonds and is marketed by name.<ref name=Gradziel>{{cite book |author=Gradziel, T.M. |year=2011 |title=Horticultural Reviews |volume=38 |chapter=Origin and Dissemination of Almonds |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |editor=J. Janick |doi=10.1002/9780470872376.ch2 |chapter-url=https://eurekamag.com/research/038/900/038900919.php |page=55 |access-date=10 April 2018|isbn=9780470872376 }}</ref> The kernel is short, round, relatively sweet, and delicate in texture. Its origin is unknown and has been grown in Spain for a long time; the tree is very productive, and the shell of the nut is hard.<ref name=Gradziel/>