Tulare County Agricultural Facts
Download: 2018 Tulare County Crop and Livestock Report
About Tulare County's Farms
Tulare County leads the nation in dairy production. Milk is the first agricultural commodity worth $1.68 billion in the 2018 report. Tulare County also ranks again in the top 3 of all farm counties in America. Fresno #1, Kern #2, Tulare #3. The rankings frequently change with each year's report. (Reports are a year behind, with data becoming available in the summer of the next year). For example, 2018 report data was released in August of 2019.
Agriculture is the largest private employer in the county with farm employment accounting for nearly a quarter of all jobs. Processing, manufacturing, and service to the agriculture industry provides many other related jobs. Six of the top fifteen employers in the county are food handling or processing companies, which includes fruit packing houses and dairy processing plants. 1 in every 5 jobs in the San Joaquin Valley is directly related to agriculture.
The wonderful climate and geography lend to our ability to be extremely productive and produce many unique specialty crops including numerous varieties of citrus, stone fruits (nectarines, peaches, plums), nut crops, berries, livestock, hay and silage crops, and of course lots of milk! Tulare County produces over 240 agricultural crops for human consumption, livestock feed, and seed crops.
If Tulare County were a state, it would rank very high in the U.S. in agricultural production. The county has 45 crops worth more than $1 Million each in farm gate gross value.
In 2018, total gross production value for the county of Tulare was $7.2 billion, up 2.5% from the 2017 values.
The county also has an important role in exports, and in 2018 exported products to 80 countries. Leading Export Countries for Tulare County are: China, Republic of Korea, Japan, Mexico, Taiwan, Australia, Hong Kong, Philippines, New Zealand and India. Tulare County is the #1 exporting county in the nation, over 26,790 federal phyto-sanitary certificates were issued for shipments going to export in 2018
Tulare County’s Top 10 Crops for 2018
1. Milk
2018 - $1.68 billion
2017 - $1.7 billion
2. Grapes
2018 - $834 million
2017 - $904 million
2018 - $821 million
2017 - $770 million
4. Cattle and Calves
2018 - $616 million
2017 - $637 million
2018 - $511 million
2017 - $462 million
6. Pistachio Nuts
2018 - $394 million
2017 - $342 million
7. Peaches cling and freestone
2018 - $303 million
2017 - $328 million
8. Almond Meats & Hulls
2018 - $300 million
2017 - $269 million
9. Walnuts
2018 - $225 million
2017 - $142 million
10. Corn - Grain & Silage
2018- $164 million
2017 - $164 million
* Statistics reported on this page and more can be viewed in the:
2018 Full Report: Tulare County Crop and Livestock Report
Tulare County Agriculture Commissioner website
Phone: 559-688-3350
FAX: 559-685-3335
Agricultural Building
4437 S Laspina, Suite A
Tulare, CA 93274
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Updated as of August 2019 Available Stats