Coachella Valley Dates

Have you even eaten a date? If so, odds are the tasty
fruit grew in Southern California! Each yearly report on the All-American Canal
project includes a section recording the agricultural production of the farms
within both the Coachella and Imperial Valleys. Crops grown in the area include
different strains of grains, as well as a wide variety of produce. Dates are
highlighted as a particularly valuable Coachella Valley crop. The statistic below,
regarding Coachella Valley dates, can be found in the 1937 report:

 

Coachella Valley Dates-1937.jpgToday, dates continue to be a valuable California
crop.
In 2015, California produced
43,600 tons
, or 87,200,000 pounds, of dates from 10,000 acres. Yield per acre was 4.36
tons, priced at $1,560 per ton. The total value of the crop was $68 million (“Noncitrus
Fruits” NASS, 2016).
[1]


Series: All-American Canal Project Histories,
1948-1954. Record Group 48: Records of the Office of the Secretary of the
Interior, 1826-2009. National Archives Identifier: 2292770


[1] For
more information about California Dates, see https://www.agmrc.org/commodities-products/fruits/dates