What is AGRICULTURE? the science or practice of farming, including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food, wool, and other products. synonyms: farming · cultivation · tillage · tilling · husbandry · [more]

State & Local Production Model Agricultural Core Curriculum: Supplement University of California, Davis 111.T 1

What is an agricultural commodity? a raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold for food or clothing, such as almonds or coffee. Ag production in California is defined by their production regions and what commodities are grown in each.

California produces over 200 different ag commodities: There is a variation in climate throughout the state Rich soils A sophisticated water delivery (irrigation) system that brings water form the northern half of the state to the southern half.

Production Areas of California 1. Sacramento Valley 2. San Joaquin Valley 3. Delta Region 4. Central Coast 5. South Coast 6. North Coast 7. Imperial/Desert 8. Mountain Region

Sacramento Valley Rice Almonds Tomatoes Livestock Sugar Beets Hay Counties: Sacramento, Yolo, Sutter, Yuba, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Tehema

San Joaquin Valley Cotton Lint Almonds Oranges Stone Fruits Cattle Alfalfa Hay Tomatoes Poultry Products Lettuce Milk & Cream Table & Wine Grapes Counties: Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus

Delta Region Milk Asparagus Vegetables Corn Wine grapes Counties: San Joaquin, Contra Costa, Solano

Central Coast Lettuce Lemons Celery Strawberries Broccoli Artichokes Beef Cattle Flowers & Foliage Counties: Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura

South Coast Strawberries Oranges Tomatoes Milk Eggs Avocados Nursery Products Milk & Cream Counties: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Diego

North Coast Wine Grapes Timber Nursery Products Livestock Apples Pears Counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Lake, Sonoma, Napa, Marin, Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara

Imperial Valley & Desert Region Dates Lettuce Chickens Melons Sugar Beets Cattle Alfalfa Wheat Cotton Milk & Cream Counties: Imperial, Riverside, San Bernadino

Mountain Region Livestock Timber Hay Pasture Christmas Trees Grapes Potatoes Counties: Inyo, Mono, Mariposa, Tuolumne, Alpine, Calaveras, Amador, El Dorado, Placer, Nevada, Sierra, Plumas, Lassen, Shasta, Modoc, Trinity, Siskiyou

Top Counties in Ag Production (2013) Fresno Kern Tulare Monterey Merced Stanislaus San Joaquin

San Joaquin County’s Top Five Agriculture Commodities (2013) Wine grapes 2. Almonds 3. Walnuts 4. Milk 5. Cherries

California’s Top Ten Agriculture Commodities in 1992 Milk & Cream Grapes Cattle and Calves Nursery Products Cotton Lint Flowers and Foliage Almonds Head Lettuce Hay Strawberries

California’s Top Five Agriculture Commodities (2013) 1. Milk $7.6 billion 2. Almonds $5.8 billion 3. Wine grapes $5.6 billion 4. Cattle/calves $3.05 billion 5. Strawberries $2.2 billion

The United States' Top Five Agricultural Commodities in 1993 Cattle and Calves Milk and Cream Corn Soybean Hay What do you think they are today?

The United States' Top Five Agriculture Commodities (2012) 1. Cattle & calves $76.4 billion 2. Corn (grain) $67.3 billion 3. Poultry & eggs $42.8 billion 4. Soybeans $38.7 billion 5. Milk $35.5 billion

California ranks: 1st in Dairy 2nd in Cotton

Top Producing Ag States CALIFORNIA Iowa Nebraska Minnesota Texas

Sites where current ag stats can be accessed: USDA (national) CDFA (state) County Reports (linked from CDFA) State Secretary of Agriculture: Karen Ross National Secretary of Agriculture: Tom Vilsack