Celebrating West Side Agriculture 2020

12 | HONORING WEST SIDE AGRICULTURE THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2020
Stewart & Jasper
A family run business since 1948 and located in California’s
Central Valley, our philosophy is to give our customers the finest
quality products by controlling every aspect of production, from
the Orchard to the Marketplace - from the ground up.
We specialize in gourmet California almond products for
every occasion including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries,
corporate gifts, welcome bags, VIP gifts and so much more.
Stanislaus County ag values
fell 2 percent in 2018
Stanislaus County farmers
and ranchers produced
agricultural commodities
valued at $3.5 million in
2018, a decline of 2 percent
from the 2017 value
of $3.6 million.
The values of ag commodities
for 2018, the most
recent year for which data
was available, are outlined
in the annual report issued
by the county’s agricultural
commissioner.
A number of factors impacted
the report.
Poultry remained a
strong industry in Stanislaus
County, with chicken
values increasing $22
million. Almond values
climbed by $51 million -
gains which were largely
attributed to an additional
8,496 acres of the increasingly-popular
crop being
harvested.
Those increases, however,
were more than offset
by decreases in walnut
values attributed to global
competition, fewer nursery
products sold than
in the previous year, depressed
milk prices and
the fluctuation of turkey
production within the
county.
The overall number of
acres harvested in Stanislaus
County fell by
28,623 as a result of a
sharp reduction in silage
acres harvested. As dairies
close, the crop report
stated, many silage acres
are being planted in almonds
orchards which
have yet to bear crops.
The top 10 agricultural
commodities in Stanislaus
County were as follows.
1) Almonds, $1.1 billion
2) Milk, $636 million
3) Chickens, $276 million
4) Cattle and calves,
$237 million
5) Nursery products,
fruit/nut trees, $170 million
6) Silage, $136 million
7) Walnuts, $103 million
8) Almond pollination,
$76 million
9) Turkeys, $64 million
10) Peaches, $57 million
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Newman Company Store
3500 Shiells Road
phone: 209-862-0555
1-877-ALMOND-8
Modesto Company Store
1700 McHenry Ave., Suite 58
phone: 209-577-NUTS (6887)
Patterson Company Store
2985 Renzo Lane, Suite D
phone: 209-895-9463
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209.988.8178