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Agriculture in county produces $1.5 billion in revenue
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More from Other NewsVentura County's agriculture industry produced a record $1.5 billion in revenue for 2006, the Agricultural Commissioner reported today.
Strawberries maintained their spot as the top crop with a gross value of $366 million, up 11.5 percent from 2005, according to the annual crop report.
The record year might be slightly skewed due to the fact that more growers participated in reporting their numbers this year.
Agricultural Commissioner Earl McPhail said today in releasing the report that the participation rate was 10 percent to 15 percent better than in the previous year.
McPhail said he's seen some of the statistics from other counties in California, and believes Ventura County will definitely place in the top 10 in production.
"We're very, very pleased with that," he said. "Nationwide, we'll probably be 15th or 16th in the nation as far as total ag production in counties, and we're also very pleased with that."
Almost every crop's production rose in 2006. McPhail attributed the high numbers to the fact that there were no major freezes, floods or fires in any major fire areas.
"That was a big help," he said.
Posted by nsolorzano87 on July 25, 2007 at 11:39 p.m. (Suggest removal)
pconvery99 you seem confused, this is the 2006 report, the freeze happened in 2007!
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