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T he total value of agricultural goods sold last year in Fresno County dropped in value by around $ 482 million compared to 2015 according to the 2016 Annual Crop and Livestock Production Report released in mid-August by Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner Les Wright. Wright blames the lack of surface water supplies. Other farm goods like livestock fell by around 7 percent or $ 6 million dollars last year as well. Still the county produced over $ 6 billion in agricultural goods in 2016. “Crop values vary year-to-year based on production, markets and weather conditions,” Wright says in a press release. “In 2016, markets were less than stellar for many of our commodities. Additionally, for West side growers, this included a third straight year of no surface water allocation.” Almonds alone grossed over a billion dollars for the fourth year in a row. The top five crops for 2016 in the county are almonds, grapes, poultry-cattle, and tomatoes. For more on the crop report FM89’s Ezra David
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