San Benito County

1988 Annual Crop Report

 

COMMODITY SUMMARY

 

Field Crops

$32,508,000

Vegetable and Row Crops

$45,527,000

Fruit and Nut Crops

$16,231,000

Livestock

$12,275,000

Other Livestock/Livestock & Poultry Products

$8,866,000

TOTAL

$115,407,000

 

 

FIELD CROPS

 

 

Acres

Tons per acre

Total Yield

$ per unit

TOTAL

Alfalfa

3,200

6.3

20,160 tons

105

$2,117,000

Barley

8,000

1

8,000 tons

105

$840,000

Corn Silage

675

20.5

13,838 tons

15

$208,000

Misc Field Crops*

401

 

$509,000

Grain Hay

24,000

1.56

37,440 tons

70

$2,621,000

Nursery Stock*

390

 

$18,699,000

Green Chop (Forage mix)

2,200

10.3

22,660

15

$340,000

Pasture/Rangeland

507,000

 

8

$4,056,000

Permanent Pasture

1,000

 

275

$275,000

Seed Crops*

440

 

3,200

$1,408,000

Sugar Beets

800

30.7

24,560 tons

35

$860,000

Wheat

4,800

1.11

5,328 tons

108

$575,000

TOTAL

$32,508,000

 

FRUIT AND NUT CROPS

 

 

Acres

Tons per acre

Total Yield

$ per unit

TOTAL

Apples

535

13.9

7,437 tons

165

$1,227,000

Apricots

2,450

4.4

10,780 tons

350

$3,773,000

Cherries

400

2.99

1,196 tons

2,200

$2,631,000

Grapes (wine)

1,700

3.9

6,630 tons

505

$3,348,000

Misc Fruits & Nuts*

260

 

$500,000

Walnuts

4,400

0.90

3,960 tons

1,200

$4,752,000

TOTAL

$16,231,000

 

 

VEGETABLE AND ROW CROPS

 

 

Acres

Tons per acre

Total Yield

$ per unit

TOTAL

Broccoli

775

6

4,650 tons

457

$2,125,000

Cabbage

770

23.3

17,941 tons

145

$2,601,000

Cauliflower

225

7.2

1,620 tons

564

$914,000

Celery

450

29.9

13,455 tons

164

$2,207,000

Leaf Lettuce (mixed)

680

12.9

8,772 tons

237

$2,079,000

Lettuce (head)

1,400

16.1

22,540 tons

195

$4,395,000

Misc veg & row crops*

1,703

     

$9,321,000

Onions (dry bulb)

945

22.5

21,262 tons

162

$3,444,000

Peppers (bell)

2,090

18.8

39,292 tons

289

$11,355,000

Tomatoes (canning)

4,375

34.1

149,188 tons

47.5

$7,086,000

TOTAL

$45,527,000

 

 

LIVESTOCK

 

 

Number of head

Total Hundred-

weight

Price per Hundred-

weight

TOTAL

All Cattle

55,185

 

Calves

11,155

47,630 cwt.

80

$3,810,000

Yearlings

2,280

16,530 cwt.

70

$1,157,000

Pasture and stocker cattle

38,000

68,400 cwt.

70

$4,788,000

Cows

3,550

37,275 cwt.

53

$1,976,000

Bulls

200

3,000 cwt.

67

$201,000

Hogs*

1,000

2,500 cwt.

47

$118,000

Lambs*

3,000

3,000 cwt.

75

$225,000

TOTAL

$12,275,000

*These figures are not included in Livestock total.

 

OTHER LIVESTOCK / LIVESTOCK & POULTRY PRODUCTS

 

 

Number of head

Total Hundred-

weight

Price per Hundred-

weight

TOTAL

Milk (Market)

 

88,000 cwt.

10.90

$959,000

Milk (Manufacturing)

 

17,000 cwt.

10

$170,000

Eggs (Chicken/Turkey)

 

8,620,000 doz.

0.75

$6,465,000

Wool

 

30,000 lbs.

1.38

$41,000

Chickens

20,000

 

0.30

$6,000

Turkeys

170,000

4,900,000 lbs.

0.25

$1,225,000

TOTAL

$8,866,000

 

 

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.

 

Vegetable and Row Crops

 

Beans (fresh)

Beets

Bok Choy

Chili Peppers

 

Chinese Cabbage

 

Cucumbers

 

Endive

 

Escarole

 

Flowering Kale

 

Fresh Market Tomatoes

 

Garlic

 

Herbs

 

Mixed Vegetables

 

Parsley

 

Potatoes

 

Sweet Corn

 

Swiss Chard

 

Squash

   

 

Field Crops

 

Forage Mix Hay

Oats

Ornamental Corn

Ornamental Gourds

 

Safflower

 

Pumpkins

   

 

 

Fruit and Nut Crops

 

Almonds

Asian Pears

Avocados

Bartlett Pears

 

Prunes

 

Raspberries

 

Winter Pears

 

 

Seed Crops

 

Barley

Bean

Broccoli

Cabbage

 

Cantaloupe

 

Carrots

 

Cauliflower

 

Celery

 

Cucumber

 

Lettuce

 

Misc. Flowers

 

Onions

 

Pepper

 

Pumpkin

 

Tomato

 

Squash

 

Watermelon

 

Wheat

   

 

 

Nursery Stock

 

Cut Flowers

Mushroom Spawn

Nursery Stock

Grass

 

Turf

 

Vegetable Plants

 

Christmas Trees