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Title: Should we protect the Land? Is Agriculture Important to California and the Nation?


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Should we protect the Land? Is Agriculture
Important to California and the Nation?
Planning Issues in AgricultureLecture 2
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  • Should we protect our Ag Land?
  • Preserve open space
  • Pollution/environment
  • By policy, farmland should be protected
  • ( policy protects land, not farmer)

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Ag production (2002) w/ timber of state
total SJ valley 14,420,135 48.6 Sac metro
area 658,493 2.2 Northern valley
1,708,409 5.6
  • Population projections (in eight counties)
  • 4 million by 2010
  • 5 million by 2020
  • 6 million by 2030
  • 7 million by 2040
  • How will we preserve land while
  • accommodating population growth ?

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  • We know that the valley is changing
  • Growing population of diverse groups
  • Divergence within valley communities
  • Valley divergence from state

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We also know that historically 1-CA is most
populated state in the US since 1963 Today36.8
million 2-Ca has been leading Ag in US since
1948(most productive 1. CA (incl.
nursery) 31.8 billion San Joaquin Valley 20.1
2. Texas 16.5 3. Iowa 14.7 4.
Nebraska 11.8 5. Minnesota 9.8 USDA, NASS,
California Field Office, 2004 13.2 of US Total
is from California San Joaquin Valley accounts
for 63.2 or 8.34 of US
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Californias Top 10 Agricultural Counties, 2005
(Billions)
1. Fresno (grapes, almonds, milk)
4.64 2. Tulare (milk, oranges, cattle and
calves) 4.36 3. Kern (almonds, grapes, milk)
3.55 4. Monterey (lettuce, strawberries, wine
grapes) 3.27 5. Merced (milk, chickens, almond
meats) 2.39 6. Stanislaus (milk, almonds,
cattle and calves) 1.98 7. San Joaquin (milk,
grapes, almond meats) 1.74 8. San Diego
(foliage plants, woody ornamentals, avocados)
1.53 9. Kings (milk, cotton, cattle and calves)
1.41 10. Imperial (cattle, alfalfa, leaf and
head lettuce) 1.29
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San Joaquin Valley Market value of Ag
products State(04) Nation(02) State04
Nation Fresno 1 1
14.7 1.4 Tulare 2 2 12.7 1.2
Kern 4 4 9.9 1.0 Merced 5
5 7.4 .70 Stanislaus 6 6
6.2 .61 San Joaquin 7 7 5.1
.61 Kings 10 18 3.8 .40
Madera 13 23 3.4 .35 Billion
31.8 6.27 USDA, NASS 2004
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Californias Top 20 Commodities, 2005 (Billions)
  • 1. Milk and Cream 5.22
  • 2. Grapes 3.17
  • 3. Nursery 2.43
  • 4. Almonds 2.34
  • 5. Cattle and Calves 1.74
  • 6. Lettuce 1.69
  • 7. Hay 1.15
  • 8. Strawberries 1.11
  • 9. Floriculture .984
  • 10. Tomatoes .942

11. Chickens .715 12. Cotton .634 13. Oranges
.604 14. Pistachios .577 15. Walnuts .540 16.
Broccoli .514 17. Carrots .455 18. Rice .408 19.
Peaches .280 20. Lemons .278
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The importance of the valley to the state is
that it is the top producing ag area. 6.24 of
national sales (California12.8 of national
agriculture sales) Top commodities (in order of
production) 2001-2002 Milk/Cream Tulare,
Merced, Stanislaus, San Bernardino,
Kings Grapes Kern, Fresno, Tulare, Napa,
Sonoma Nursery San Diego, Orange, Riverside,
Monterey, Ventura, Cattle Tulare, Imperial,
Fresno, Merced, San Bernardino Lettuce Monterey,
Imperial, Fresno, Santa Barbara, San
Benito Almonds Kern, Stanislaus, Fresno, Merced,
Madera Oranges Tulare, Kern, Fresno, Ventura,
Riverside Hay, Alfalfa Imperial, Kern, Tulare,
Merced, Fresno 2002 NASS Statistics
(http//www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/volume1/
us/index2.htm )
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National Rankings http//www.nass.usda.gov/census/
census02/volume1/us/index2.htm
Irrigated land Dairy Products Fresno
1 Tulare 1 Kern 2 Merced 2 Tulare
3 Stanislaus 4 San Joaquin 4 San Joaquin
9 Merced 5 2/3 of valley 11.4 of
nation Stanislaus 11 California17 of
nation California15.8 Californias No. 1 Ag
Product of nation Fruits, nuts and
berries 23 of nation
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Californias Top 10 Agricultural Export Markets,
2005Rank/Country Value Leading Exports
(Billions)
1. European Union 2.02 Almonds, Wine,
Pistachios 2. Canada 1.76 Lettuce, Strawberries,
Table Grapes 3. Japan .940 Rice, Almonds, Hay 4.
Mexico .591 Dairy, Table Grapes, Cotton 5.
China/Hong Kong .569 Cotton, Table Grapes,
Oranges 6. Korea .282 Oranges, Almonds, Cotton 7.
Taiwan .228 Cotton, Peaches and Nectarines,
Grapes 8. India .175 Almonds, Cotton, Table
Grapes 9. Turkey .124 Cotton, Rice, Almonds 10.
Indonesia .098 Cotton, Dairy, Table Grapes
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Californias Top 20 Agricultural Exports,
20042005Commodity Rank, 2004-2005 Percent
ChangeExport Value 1,000
  • Almonds 1-- 1,369,687 1,840,912 34
  • Cotton 2-- 631,892 699,042 11
  • Wine 3-- 683,788 575,306 -16
  • Dairy and Products 4-- 439,916 563,362 28
  • Table Grapes 5-- 453,862 539,941 19
  • Oranges, Fresh and Juice 6-- 345,194 365,029 6
  • Rice 7-- 280,305 319,796 14
  • Walnuts 8-- 240,506 318,451 32
  • Pistachios 9-- 178,965 299,496 67
  • Tomatoes, Processed 10-- 250,263 263,010 5

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Californias Top 20 Agricultural Exports,
20042005Commodity Rank, 2004-2005 Percent
ChangeExport Value 1,000
Lettuce-- 11 188,317 237,022
26 Strawberries-- 12 204,018 233,363
14 Raisins --13 195,099 209,130 7 Peach
and Nectarine--14 123,284 127,021 3 Hay --15
109,199 108,986 Dried Plums --16
130,105 107,735 -17 Broccoli --17 98,945
104,049 5 Beef and Products -- 18 80,071
99,681 24 Lemons --19 77,375 86,367
12 Carrots --20 78,398 82,418 5
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Important trends
  • 1-decline in farms (144,000 in 1950 to 77,000 in
    2004)
  • There was a large decline, but more
    productivity/ more value per acre.
  • What about family farms?
  • 2- decrease in total land in farms
  • (37,500,000 acres in 1950 to 26,700,000 in 2004)
  • Loss of acreage because of urbanization and
    environmental issues causes expansion to lesser
    quality soils, less access to water
  • 3-increase in acres per farm, economies of size
  • (260 A in 1950 to 347 in 2004)

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  • NowLook on the Web and find any interesting
    facts concerning California Agriculture and its
    place in the nation and world.
  • Where do most of our exports go now?
  • What crops do we grow more than 90 of the US
    Production?
  • As you look at the top 10 commodities for
    California Ag Production, which other states are
    prominent in each product?
  • Look up information on National Security when it
    comes to our food supply.
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