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Agricultural Products
Los Angeles County
1999
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| Product |
Value |
Production |
| Ornamental Trees & Shrubs |
$131,030,000 |
8,189,789
green house sq. ft. & 1,516 field acres |
| Bedding Plants |
$32,465,000 |
1,247,473
green house sq. ft. & 84 field acres |
| Root Vegetables
(includes carrots, potatoes, beets, radishes, daikon) |
$21,205,000 |
5,508
acres |
| Peaches |
$13,904,000 |
1,000
acres/ 16,000 tons |
| Dry Onions |
$13,365,000 |
2,210
acres/ 67,500 tons |
| Indoor Plants, Foliage |
$5,850,000 |
422,180
green house sq. ft. & 0.13 field acres |
| Alfalfa Hay |
$5,090,000 |
6,056
acres/ 48,476 tons |
| Herbs (includes
cilantro, parsley, etc.) |
$3,171,000 |
536
acres |
| Strawberries |
$2,542,000 |
124
acres/ 3,020 tons |
| Ground Covers |
$1,524,000 |
589,250
green house sq. ft. & 22 field acres |
| Vine Crops (includes
cucumbers, pumpkins, tomatoes, squash, melons, & green
beans) |
$1,502,000 |
286
acres |
| Table Greens
(includes leaf lettuce, spinach, & oriental specialties) |
$1,490,000 |
207
acres |
| Rangeland |
$1,411,000 |
200,335
acres |
| Indoor Plants, Flowering |
$892,000 |
130,850
green house sq. ft. & 0.13 field acres |
| Honey |
$883,000 |
1,575,000 pounds |
| Apples |
$840,000 |
301
acres/ 975 tons |
| Grain Hay |
$784,000 |
1,800
acres/ 6,700 tons |
| Nectarines |
$600,000 |
110
acres/ 550 tons |
| Grapes |
$348,000 |
79
acres/ 474 tons |
| Pears, Bartlett |
$324,000 |
30
acres/ 270 tons |
| Cherries |
$315,000 |
150
acres/ 105 tons |
| Christmas Trees |
$284,000 |
67
field acres / 9,155 trees |
| Avocados |
$172,000 |
41
acres/ 70 tons |
| Pompom |
$141,000 |
100,000
green house sq. ft. / 70,500 bunches |
| Beeswax |
$26,000 |
9,758
pounds |
| Firewood |
$15,000 |
n/a |
| Pollination |
$3,000 |
102
Hives |
Also grown in L.A. County:
orchids, cacti, sod, citrus, asian pears, includes sweet corns, leeks,
green onions, bell peppers, oat hay, Sudan hay, lilacs, mums, yarrow,
gypsophila, carnations, delphinium, freesia
Leading Crops:
2002
2001
2000 1998 1997
Source: L.A. County Agricultural Commissioner/Weights &
Measures Dept.
Los Angeles County avocado
production has rapidly dropped from 804 tons worth more than $1 million in 1996 to
70 tons worth $172,000 in 1999.
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