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California Facts about Agriculture

 

California is the Nation's Leading Agricultural Producer

  • California has about 4 percent of the nation's farming operations (79,700 farms), and generates 13 percent of nation's gross cash receipts.  The average farm size in California is 347 acres.

  • California is the sole producer of: almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, raisins, kiwifruit, olives, clingstone peaches, persimmons, pistachios, dried plums (prunes) and walnuts.  California accounts for more than ninety percent of all U.S. wine production and vineyard acreage.

  • California has nearly 100 million acres of forestland.  Publicly owned land accounts for almost 50% of the entire states land.

  • California is in first place when it comes to U.S. agricultural exports.  More that $6.5 billion of the state's food and agricultural commodities are shipped around the world every year.

  • Tulare County is really fairly small in the number of farms and farmers that we have in the state.  However, our wonderful climate and geography lend to our ability to be extremely productive.


Tulare County Ag Facts


Leading Commodities

 

1 Milk

2 Oranges - Navel & Valencia

3 Cattle and Calves

4 Grapes

5 Alfalfa-Hay & Silage

6 Corn, Grain & Silage

7 Walnuts

8 Almonds

9 Plums

10 Pistachio Nuts

11 Nectarines

12 Nursery-Ornamental Trees & Shrubs

13 Peaches - Cling & Freestone

14 Cotton - Lint & Seed

15 Lemons

16 Tangerines - Fresh

17 Silage - Small Grain

18 Hogs & Pigs

19 Pasture & Range

20 Kiwifruit

21 Honey

22 Prunes

23 Wheat - Grain

24 Cherries

25 Pollination

26 Blueberries

27 Grapefruit - Fresh

28 Pomegranates

29 Nursery - Grape & Berry Vines

30 Olives

31 Turkeys

32 Nursery - Citrus & Subtropical Trees

33 Persimmons

34 Nursery - Deciduous Fruits & Nuts

35 Beans - Dry

36 Cucumbers

37 Manure

38 Quince

39 Sorghum - Grain

40 Pears & Asian Pears

41 Broccoli

42 Pecans

43 Apricots

44 Sudan Grass

45 Lambs

46Timber

 

 

2006 Value

 

$1,179,394,000

$566,107,000

$496,305,00

$350,276,000

$126,232.000

$103,614,000

$95,200,000

$88,315,000

$83,772,000

$72,802,000

$69,655,000

$65,750,000

$65,686,000

$44,128,000

$39,171,000

$38,387,000

$29,880,000

$25,397000

$22,927,000

$22,464,000

$17,281,000

$16,166,000

$16,065,000

$14,7242,000

$14,177,000

$13,967,000

$12,078,000

$10,389,000

$8,632,000

$8,369,000

$7,427,000

$5,520,000

$4,814,000

$4,346,000

$4,098000

$3,482,000

$2,807,000

$2,191,000

$2,139,000

$2,124,000

$1,679,000

$1,661,000

$1,401,000

$1,282,000

$1,282,000

$1,217,000

 

About Our Farms

 

Total Ag Value        $3,872,059,700

Number of Farms                    5,738

Average Size of Farm (acres)   243

Harvested Acreage             682,460

 

 

If Tulare County were a state, it would rank 22nd in the U.S. in agricultural production.

 

Tulare County leads the nation in dairy production.  Milk is the first agricultural commodity worth more than $1 billion ever recorded in any California county.

 

For more information, please contact the Tulare County Agricultural Commissioner

(559) 685-3323

     

 

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