San Luis Obispo wine grape $/acre at 20-year lows as harvested acreage increases

Source: University of California Cooperative Extension UC Cooperative Extension, San Luis Obispo County

 

“[T]he rapid increase in harvested acreage beginning in the late 1990s was then accompanied by a strong drop in the crop value per acre (Fig. 3). The last two seasons have seen a continuation of the trend previously outlined in the 2015 article; the crop value per acre continues to remain at far lower levels than two decades earlier, while the harvested acreage has continued to increase.” — UCCE, SLO