THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MENDOCINO COUNTY

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1 DAVE BENGSTON AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER DIRECTOR OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES OFFICE LOCATION AGRICULTURAL CENTER 579 LOW GAP ROAD TELEPHONE (707) COUNTY OF MENDOCINO DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE COURTHOUSE UKIAH, CALIFORNIA HENRY VOSS, DIRECTOR CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE and THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MENDOCINO COUNTY In accordance with Section 2279 of the California Food and Agricultural Code, I hereby submit the Mendocino County Agricultural Crop Report for. The total gross agricultural value for commodities produced in was $215,099,600. This is a decrease of $30,874,200 from the crop production due mainly to a decrease of $19,493,800 in fruits and nuts, primarily grapes and a decrease of $9,499,000 in forest products. Forest products were the leading category with a value of $149,213,000. Agricultural production value, excluding timber, was $65,886,600, a decrease of $21,372,200 from the value. Grapes were the second leading agricultural crop with a value of $28,362,400. This is down 38% from the banner year figure of $45,618,900. The bartlett pear crop was valued at $13,696,100 with a production of 48,365 tons, down 16% from. This crop report represents only the gross value to the growers and does not reflect any net income nor cost of production. I wish to express my appreciation to the many people in the agricultural and timber industries, my able staff members, and government agencies especially the U.C. Cooperative Extension for their efforts in making this crop report possible. Respectfully submitted, ~~ David Bengston Agricultural Commissioner

2 MENDOCINO DEPARTMENT OF DAVID BENGSTON Agricultural Commissioner Director of Weights and Measures CO U J., '"}.-V A G R I c:u L r (.1R E ANNUAL CROP REPORT FOR YEAR ****************************** STAFF STEVEN HAJIK.... Assistant Agricultural Commissioner Assistant Director of Weights and Measures K.F. FARNSWORTH, II..... Agricultural Inspector/Deputy Sealer of Weights and Measures JAMES XEROGEANES Agricultural Biologist II JOYCE SARBER Department Secretary CHRIS CASSELTON.... Department Clerk ****************************** BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MARILYN J. BUTCHER District 1 NELSON REDDING District 2 JIM EDDIE..., District 3 LIZ HENRY District 4 NORMAN L. de VALL... District 5 Chairman

3 FRUIT AND NUT CROPS COMI"IODIT'L _ APPLES. TOTAL YEAR BEARING ACREAGE PER ACRE PRODUCTION 10, ,643.0 UNIT~ PER UNIT $ $ VALUE 2,860,500 2,405,100 Fresh 4, , , '3, 300 Other (dried. Juice, etc.) 5, , , ,800 GRAPES, WINE TOTAL 11,341 11, , , , ,900 White Varieties 5,675 5, , ,125,4 Red Varieties 5,555 5, , ,043.1 PEARS. TOTAL 2,972 2, , ,000 17,318,100 Pears, (Bart- lett, total) 2,797 2,512 17, , , ,696, ,700 Canning ,859.Q , ,600 13, Other (dried, paste. fer- mented) 4, Pears, Bosc Pears. Red , Prunes ,300 Miscellaneous ,800 TOTALS , , IMiscellaneous includes berries. cherries, chestnuts. peaches, persimmons, walnuts. and other pears. 2The fresh values listed for pears are F.O.B. values. average values received by the growers for were: Bartlett and Red The values ~n were: Bartlett s216. and Red S J~iwifruit, The actual $209. Bose Bose 5417,

4 GRAPEVINE Bartlett Bosc Red AND English FRUIT NUT. Total 86 NON-BEARING ,212 ACRES 1, ,125,675 ACREAGE , , , , TOTAL BEARING Miscellane'ous includes: berries, black walnuts, cherries, chestnuts, feijoas, kiwis, peaches, persimmons, pistachios, plums, table grapes and other pears. JANUARY 1. INVENTORIES OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY COMMODITY Cattle Poultry and Calves all ,700 21,000 1,100 75, ,800 22,800 28,000 75,000 13,700 1, Milk Cows

5 . LIV:ESTOCK YEAR PER PRODUCTION OF , TOTAL S58.40 $44.85 S68.26 S41.43 CWT $46.30 $65.21 HEAD UNIT CWT $ LIVE S $ ,456 CWT 11, UNIT VALUE WT. $8.356,800 $8, $ 1Miscellaneous includes horses. poultry. rabbits, and aquaculture (fish farms). 2 Revised LIVESTOCK. POULTRY. AND APIARY PRODUCTS COMMODITY Woo11 YEAR PRODUCTION SO LBS. $ 20185,500 VALUE PER UNIT UNIT 2.225, ,500."") Miscellaneous"'- TOTALS lwool does not include A.5.C.S. Wool Incentive Payments. This is a preliminary report. 2Miscellaneous includes apiary. eggs. milk. cheese. and manure

6 NURSERY PRODUCTION SQUARE 228, ,433 NA $1,815,000 S2.538,OOO S2,168,200 FEET 520, ,400 VALUES FIELD i\cres YEAR GREENHOUSE lincludes turf and cut flowers VEGErrl\BLE CROPS COMMODITY Miscellaneous Vegetab1es1 YEAR VALUES S1, S980,OOO Range linc1udes beans. sweet corn, garlic. herbs, melons, pe~s. potatoes, squash, tomatoes, etc. FIEL.)~ CR01:>S 725, , ACRES $ ,135,300 1,317,700 Other , ,700 PER 159,750 $ AUMVALUES_ , , ,000 YIELD S ,500 TOTAL ,000 YEAR YIELD/ 55,642,700 SS,561,300 2,750,000 3,000,000 1Miscellaneous includes alfalfa, barley, beans, corn. oats. hay and wild rice

7 FOREST PRODUCTS TIMBER: Log Production (board feet)l Total Stumpage Value, net2 Total Value at Mill. gross3 422,700,000 $ 92,207,000 $149,213, , $158, ***********************~******~ FOREST PRODUCTS 10 YEAR COMPARISON <LOG PRODUCTION) Year Log Productionl (Board Feet) 346,800, ,400, , ,310, , ,844, ,628, ,293, ,300, ,000 Value at Mill3 (Gross) 111, , r08,300,ooo , ,211, ,657, , ,712, , IData supplied from State Board of Equalization. Timber Tax Division. 2Stumpage value is the raw product value of a tree prior to actual harvest. Data from State Board of Equalization. 3Includes logging and hauling costs. Data based on information from Peter C. Passof, UC Cooperative Extension

8 , --ALL 34,246,700 CO~IMODITIES ('(f'iodi T:(... 35,671,600 65,842,200 46,348,400 29,178,150 19,975,900 32,776,400 32,383,150 YEAR NUTSFIELD 6,712,000 5,502,000 5,017,000 5,519,500 5,619,500 5,930,100 6,561,300 7,720,000 5,865,300 VALUE CROPS VEGETABLE 7,697,000 TOTALS COMPARISON 480,500 47,997,300 36,361,700 48,408,550 51,863,800 65,.386,600 49,985,860 46,109,600 51,494,400 54,656,700 87, ,742,000 5,681,100 6,685,600 7,547,400 8,855,3001 7,985,500 8,356, , , ,000 PRODUCTION 700, , , , ,000 NURSERY 2,330,000 2,327,000 2,485,000 1,468,500 1,946,000 1,539,000 2,523,600 2,638,000 PRODUCTS 2,034,000 2,318,100 1,931,150 1,697,800 1,794,800 1,850,600 1,921,600 APIARY 990,500 CROPS 5,642,700 ~~ ES 27,687,360 26,002,100 POULTRY & LIVESTOCK 2,168,200 2,385,000 11,968,0001,730,000 10,288,4001,771,100 1,052,400 COMMERCIAL FISH CATCH TEN YEAR VALUE COMPARISON1 YEAR POUNDS 16,622,000 18,868,000 14,425,000 12,725,000 16,651,000 21,547,500 31,810,500 38,533,500 33,227,000 23,494,500 7,004,000 8,284,500 <t,244,ooo 4,422,000 7,849,000 9,162, ,545,000 22,348,000 12,704,000 10,917, urce--5t~te of C~liforni~ Dep~rtment of Fish and Game - b -

9 VALUE OF MENDOCINO COUNTY (EXCLUDING TIMBER) AGRICULTURE 100 Millions o ~ Year ~ILLION DOLLAR CROPS *****************************+*************************~**** 1. TIMBER WINEGRAPES PEARS CATTLE & CALVES APPLES NURSERy PASTURE ~7.7(1) - 7 -

10 SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE NUMBER OF FARMS TAL PEST CROPS ESTIMATED ACRES Miscellaneous vegetables Apples Wine grapes Pears Miscellaneous Fruit & Nut BIOLOGICAL AGENT/MECHANISM CONTROL TOTAL SCOPE OF PROGRAMS Canada Thistle Cirsium arv~se Gorse Ulex europaeus Italian Thistle Carduus pycnocephalus Milk Thistle. marianum also Silybum controlled Klamath Weed Hypericum p-erforatum Klamath Weed Hypericum perforatum Musk Thistle Carduus nutans Flea Beetle Altica caj;'"duo~ Gorse Apion Weevil ulicus Seed Head Weevil Rhinocyllus conicus Klamath Weed ~eetles Crysolina quatridqemena Root Borers Aqrilus hyperici Seed Head Weevil Rhinocyllus co~icus (1965) (1953) <1975 ) (l 947 ) <1953 ) (1979) Puncture Tribulus Vine terrestris Seed Weevil Microlarinus lareyllii (1952) Tansy Ragwort Senecio lacobaea Cinnabar Moth LyriC! lacobaea <1959 ) Tansy Ragwort Senecio JJ!.cob~~ Flea Beetle Lonqitarsus lacoba~ <1968 ) Yellow Star Thistle Centaurea ~olstitialis Yellow Star Thistle Centaurea solstitial is Seed Head Weevil Banqasternus Qrienta~is Gall Forming Seed fly Urophora sirunaseva Nursery Site (1988) Nursery Site ( 19'30 ) VARIOUS PESTS PE5T EXCLU5ION TYPE OF SHIPMENT " NUMBER REJECTED Miscellaneous pests Label Violations Mail Mail

11 SUPPLE~ENT TO COMMERCIAL CROP FISH REPORT CATCH1 COMMODITY YEAR POUNDS VALUE Sea Urchin l2,472~400 21,823~360 S 4, S 6,261,980 Salmon, Chinook 563, , ~ Rockfish, Unspecified 1, , Sablefish 1.005, , ,691 Rockfish, Group Red 1,290, , ,544 Sole~ Dover 1.551, , Swordfish Crab~ Dungeness , , Hagfish , Shrimp, P~cific Ocean 519, Salmon. Coho ,927 Thornyhead , Lingcod 557, , ,250 Rockfish, Widow ,264 1E ,316 Sole. Petrale ,746 Miscellaneous ,238 TOTALS S S ,968 1Source of f~gures is the "Californi~ Department of F~sh and Game". ALL figures are preliminary. - '3 -

12 UKIAH 101 YEAR RAINI ALL DJ\.TA NT RECORDS) N TOTALSEASON TOTALSEASON TOTAL ],' :::2.3E, ' '3~ S bb ~..g ' S

13 SHARES OF AGRICULTURAL VALUE MENDOCINO COUNTY, Pears 32 % Nursery 3% Livestock & Products 16% Fruit & Nut Crops 70% Apples 6% Wine Grapes 61% Other 1% Total: $65.89 Million Fruit Crops: $46.35 Million PLEASE NOTE: Tot~ls throughout may not add due to rounding. COIY\MOD s I TY SUMHARY FruitsS and Nuts & Livestock Production OF PRODUCTION 1~t.t~ S ' ,000 S ,16.'3.200 ~~':3iL:! Livestock, Poultry and Apiary Products Nursery Production Vegetable Crops Field Forest Crops Products TOTALS 1 Includes v~lue of cut timber when delivered to the mill. 2 revised