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FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Fresno County has reclaimed its spot arsenic the nation's apical cultivation shaper contempt "extraordinarily difficult" circumstances.
According to the Fresno County Farm Bureau's (FCFB) 2024 Crop and Livestock Report, the county produced $9,029,122,000 successful full gross accumulation successful 2024.
That's $486.6 cardinal much than the erstwhile year, $685 cardinal much than this year's runner-up, Tulare County, and $1 cardinal much than last year's reigning champ, Kern County.
Over fractional of the profits came strictly from fruits and nuts. Almonds came retired connected top, bringing successful $1,458,370,000, followed by grapes successful a adjacent 2nd astatine $1,042,137,000 and pistachios successful 3rd astatine $859,151,000.
The workplace bureau says the county's profits are projected to beryllium overmuch higher than $9 billion, though. According to the bureau, multiplier effects from the buy-sell relationships that workplace accumulation has with the section system could bring successful billions of dollars successful further revenue. They accidental past year's $8.6 cardinal cultivation output contributed a full of $21.7 cardinal to the region economy.
Despite these record-breaking numbers, however, the workplace bureau says the play was "extraordinarily difficult."
“While the nationalist whitethorn spot this record-breaking fig arsenic a reflection of the wellness of our section cultivation community, that couldn’t beryllium further from the truth,” said Fresno County Farm Bureau CEO Ryan Jacobsen. “The past 4 years person been extraordinarily hard for astir local farmers due to a operation of stressors — including lower-than-average marketplace prices, rising input costs, higher involvement rates, and more.”
How did they bash it? Jacobsen acknowledgment hard enactment and water.
“Food grows wherever h2o flows, and 2024 was a bully h2o twelvemonth for our county, allowing farmers to turn the afloat rainbow of crops that we are susceptible of here,” helium said.
In total, the region was capable to nutrient implicit 300 antithetic commodities that provender much than 91 countries astir the world. To read the afloat report, click here.
