CALIFORNIA ALMOND CROP TO SURPASS 2B LBS IN 2013: MODESTO (AP) — Federal agricultural officials are predicting another bumper crop for California's almonds this year. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is predicting that the state's almond growers will produce more than 2 billion pounds of almonds. That's up 6 percent from last year's production of 1.89 billion pounds.