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Receive the 2023 Solano County Crop and Livestock Report from the Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures
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Published Notice Required? Yes ____ No __X_
Public Hearing Required? Yes ____ No __X_
DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures recommends the Board of Supervisors receive a presentation on the 2023 Solano County Crop and Livestock Report.
SUMMARY:
Each year the Agricultural Commissioner submits to the Board of Supervisors and the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the annual Crop and Livestock Report. Compilation of the annual report is a mandated duty of the County Agricultural Commissioner, pursuant to California Food and Agricultural Code ?? 2272 and 2279.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The costs associated with preparing the agenda item are nominal and absorbed by the Department's FY2024/25 Working Budget.
DISCUSSION:
The Crop and Livestock Report compiles agricultural production data and gross values received by farmers and ranchers for their products. Solano County's 2023 agricultural production value is calculated at $460,391,000, an 18% increase from 2022 and a new record high value, exceeding the previous high of $407,642,000 in 2021.
A series of atmospheric river-induced rainstorms in December 2022 and early 2023 relieved three years of drought dating back to the winter of 2020. By May, Lake Berryessa recovered nearly 600,000-acre feet of water filling to almost 90% capacity, and soil moisture and rangeland conditions improved dramatically compared to recent years although some areas experienced localized flooding and resultant crop losses. Late spring rains delayed processing tomato plantings which pushed the beginning of harvest until August and extended tomato season into early November.
Three preceding years of drought followed by flooding in the Sacramento Valley deprived over-wintering migratory waterfowl from usual food resources, ...
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