5 Year Comparison of

Acreage & Crop Values

2009 2008 2007 2006 2005

Apiary Products $5,982,000 $5,511,000 $6,263,000 $5,415,000 $2,994,000

Field Crops $312,067,000 *$493,355,000 $427,716,000 $364,106,000 $381,789,000

Acreage 644,285 *700,727 643,563 695,489 710,331

Fruit and Nut Crops $253,440,000 *$243,697,000 $316,357,000 $252,347,000 $245,365,000

Acreage 57,668 *55,744 60,914 53,438 49,201

Livestock and $146,509,000 $147,892,000 $184,193,000 $161,497,000 $202,234,000

Poultry

Livestock and $418,682,000 $677,468,000 $696,074,000 $417,994,000 *$463,117,000

Poultry Products

Seed Crops $5,652,000 $8,763,000 $10,802,000 $12,962,000 $8,340,000

Acreage 3,990 6,404 13,319 21,907 9,164

Vegetable Crops $162,452,000 $160,051,000 $120,447,000 $74,865,000 $103,380,000

Acreage 33,769 40,674 35,608 29,675 31,597

TOTAL $1,304,784,000 *$1,736,737,000 $1,761,852,000 $1,289,186,000 *$1,407,219,000

* Revised

2009 and 2008

Production Value Comparisons
$800
$700 2009
$600 2008
Millons

$500
Millions $400
$300
$200
$100
$0
Apiary Seed Vegetable Fruit /Nut Livestock/ Field Livestock/
Products Crops Crops Crops Poultry Crops Poultry
Products

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 Top 10 Commodities
2009 2008 2007 1959
Crop Rank Dollar Value Rank Rank Rank

Milk, Total 1 $410,908,000 1 1 5

Cotton, Total 2 $136,621,000 2 2 1
Cattle and Calves 3 $131,154,000 3 3 4
Tomatoes, Processed 4 $103,186,000 5 6 n/a
Pistachios 5 $56,441,000 8 5 n/a
Alfalfa, Total 6 $56,116,000 4 4 3
Corn, Silage 7 $43,860,000 6 7 15
Walnuts 8 $36,478,000 11 9 16
Almonds, Total 9 $36,287,000 12 8 n/a
Grapes, Total 10 $32,101,000 14 14 8

Total $1,043,152,000

A Look Back, 50 Years Ago.....1959

Kings County’s Top 10 Commodities
Crop Rank Dollar Value

Cotton, Total 1 $37,107,000

Barley, Total 2 $13,327,000
Alfalfa, Total 3 $10,614,000
Cattle and Calves 4 $ 9,828,000
Milk, Total 5 $ 9,634,000
Permanent Pasture 6 $ 2,965,000
Turkeys 7 $ 1,453,000
Grapes, Total 8 $ 1,385,000
Cantaloupes 9 $ 1,377,000
Peaches 10 $ 1,323,000

Total $89,013,000

“Cultivators of the earth are the most valuable citizens. They are the most vigorous,
the most independant, the most virtuous, and they are tied to their country and
wedded to it’s liberty and interests by the most lasting bands.” - Thomas Jefferson

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