SAN BENITO COUNTY

1967 ANNUAL CROP REPORT

 

COMMODITY SUMMARY

 

Field Crops

$3,960,500 

Vegetable and Row Crops

$12,524,000

Fruit and Nut Crops

$8,091,000

Livestock & Poultry

$7,632,000

Livestock Products

$1,959,000

TOTAL

$34,166,500

 

FIELD CROPS

 

 

Acres

Tons per acre

Total Yield

$ per unit

TOTAL

Alfalfa

2,250

5.3

11,900 tons

29

$345,000

Barley

15,000

1.2

18,000 tons

47

$846,000

Hay-Grain

16,500

1.3

21,500 tons

23

$494,000

Misc. Field Crops*

320

 

$98,000

Pasture & Rangeland

508,000

 

1.80

$914,000

Permanent Pasture

1,000

 

50

$50,000

Seed Crops*

1,330

 

$980,000

Sugar Beets

625

22.6

14,100 tons

14.50

$204,000

Wheat

500

1

500 tons

59

$29,500

TOTAL

$3,960,500

 

FRUIT AND NUT CROPS

*Figures not included in total

 

 

Acres

Tons per acre

Total Yield

$ per unit

TOTAL

Apples

244

6

1,460 tons

70

$102,000

Apricots

4,290

4.3

18,500 tons

 

$2,505,000

Apricots (Canned)*

 

13,000 tons

125

$1,625,000

Apricots (Dried)*

 

820 tons

1000

$820,000

Apricots (Fresh)*

 

400 tons

150

$60,000

Grapes (Wine)

2,720

2.2

5,980 tons

210

$1,256,000

Misc. Fruits & Nuts*

88

 

$181,000

Pears (Bartlett)

318

3

954 tons

178

$170,000

Pears (Fall & Winter)

343

6.2

2,130 tons

162

$345,000

Prunes (French)

2,490

1.4

3,490 tons

230

$803,000

Prunes (Imp. & Sugar)

328

2.4

787 tons

320

$252,000

Walnuts

3,580

1.08

3,870 tons

640

$2,477,000

TOTAL

$8,091,000

 

VEGETABLE AND ROW CROPS

 

 

Acres

Tons per acre

Total Yield

$ per unit

TOTAL

Beans, Lima

467

1.3

607 tons

194

$118,000

Beans, Snap

520

2.5

1,300 tons

88

$114,000

Cucumbers

154

16.5

2,540 tons

99.6

$253,000

Garlic

724

5.3

3,840 tons

430

$1,651,000

Lettuce

954

8.7

8,300 tons

130

$1,079,000

Misc. veg & row crops*

326

 

$268,000

Onions

348

20

6,960 tons

70

$487,000

Peppers (bell)

533

12.9

6,880 tons

216

$1,486,000

Potatoes

315

10.8

3,400 tons

37.4

$127,000

Spinach

340

9.7

3,300 tons

28.5

$94,000

Tomatoes

5,690

29.4

167,000 tons

41

$6,847,000

TOTAL

$12,524,000

 

LIVESTOCK & POULTRY

 

 

Number of head

Total Unit

Price per Unit

TOTAL

Broilers & Chickens

1,720,000

6,209,000 lbs.

0.173

$1,074,000

All Cattle

59,440

 

Calves

5,240

26,100 cwt.

26

$679,000

Bulls

260

3,900 cwt.

20

$78,000

Dry Cows

4,230

42,300 cwt.

18

$761,000

Fat Stock

6,650

20,000 cwt.

26.5

$530,000

Pasture & stockers

35,500

79,600 cwt.

25

$1,990,000

Yearlings

7,560

52,900 cwt.

24.6

$1,301,000

Hogs

200

500 cwt.

20.1

$10,000

Lambs

17,200

16,300 cwt.

26

$424,000

Turkeys

210,000

4,620,000 lbs.

0.17

$785,000

TOTAL

$7,632,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIVESTOCK & POULTRY PRODUCTS

 

 

Production

Price per unit

TOTAL

Milk (Manufacturing)

17,100 cwt.

3.74

$64,000

Milk (Market)

203,000 cwt.

4.80

$974,000

Eggs (Chicken)

3,070,000 doz.

0.23

$706,000

Eggs (Turkey hatching)

642,000 each

0.22

$141,000

Wool

172,000 lbs.

0.43

$74,000

TOTAL

$1,959,000

 

MISCELLANEOUS CROPS AND PRODUCTS

 

*Commodities in these categories are combined with other similar products because the number of producers of each commodity was less than three, or one producer is responsible for 60 percent or more of the product.  This is to avoid disclosure of the business affairs of the firms involved.

 

Fruit and Nut Crops

 

Almonds

Cherries

Peaches

Strawberries

 

Field Crops

 

Cotton

Silage

Oats

 

 

 

 

Seed Crops

 

Alfalfa

Alyssum

Anterrhinum

Beans

 

Cabbage

 

Celery

 

Cucumbers

 

Endive

 

Eschsolhltzia

 

Geranium

 

Hollyhock

 

Marigold

 

Peas

 

Peppers

 

 

Stock

 

Squash

Tomatoes