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Salinas Valley, on River Road near Salinas and Marina. The Salinas Valley (Spanish: Valle de Salinas) [1][2] is one of the major valleys and most productive agricultural regions in California. [3] It is located west of the San Joaquin Valley and south of San Francisco Bay and the Santa Clara Valley.
The Central Valley is a broad, elongated, flat valley that dominates the interior of California. It is 40–60 mi (60–100 km) wide and runs approximately 450 mi (720 km) from north-northwest to south-southeast, inland from and parallel to the Pacific coast of the state. It covers approximately 18,000 sq mi (47,000 km 2), [1] about 11% of ...
California produces almondsworth $5.3 billion every year. That is 100% of commercial almonds in the United States, 100% of all of North America, and 80% of commercial almonds around the world. Agriculture is a significant sector in California's economy, producing nearly US$50 billion in revenue in 2018[update].
The gross value of Fresno County’s crop and livestock production reached almost $8.1 billion in 2022. One of California’s most fertile counties has a new most valuable crop. Here’s what it is
Sep. 15—STOCKTON — Almonds continued to be San Joaquin County's top agricultural commodity in 2021, despite a 34.6% decrease in value, according to officials. San Joaquin County Agricultural ...
They are Alameda, Butte, El Dorado, Fresno, Los Angeles, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Tehama. [6] Nine counties in California are named for saints, tied with Louisiana for the largest number.
In 1975, the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975 was enacted, [19] establishing the right to collective bargaining for farmworkers in California, a first in U.S. history. [20] Individuals with prominent roles in farm worker organizing in this period include Cesar Chavez , Dolores Huerta , Larry Itliong , and Philip Vera Cruz .
shows a tractor plowing a crop field. Worker overseeing cotton gin, ca. 1940s. Agriculture is a major industry in the United States, which is a net exporter of food. [1] As of the 2017 census of agriculture, there were 2.04 million farms, covering an area of 900 million acres (1,400,000 sq mi), an average of 441 acres (178 hectares) per farm.