"I'm guessing less than 5% of all ag in the state is almonds."
Based on what? Are you just making up numbers? By round numbers, it seems to be around 10% of agriculture. This report states that it is 15%, but the report is funded by the Almond Board and is probably making generous assumptions [1].
Let's not forget that orchards represent many years of investment. Killing an orchard has a much, much higher cost than simply choosing to grow a different yearly crop.
Based on what? Are you just making up numbers? By round numbers, it seems to be around 10% of agriculture. This report states that it is 15%, but the report is funded by the Almond Board and is probably making generous assumptions [1].
[1] http://aic.ucdavis.edu/almonds/Economic%20Impacts%20of%20Cal...