Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Agriculture topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Stanislaus County 2024 crop report: farm‑gate value falls to about $3.15 billion; almonds top the list
Summary
Agricultural Commissioner Linda Pinfold told the Board that Stanislaus County’s 2024 gross agricultural production was valued at just over $3.15 billion, down roughly $216 million (about 6%) from 2023. Almonds remain the county’s highest‑value commodity; milk is the second largest at $755 million. The report also highlighted avian influenza impacts and a new insect quarantine in Turlock.
Linda Pinfold, Stanislaus County agricultural commissioner and sealer of weights and measures, presented the county’s 2024 Agricultural Crop Report to the Board of Supervisors on Sept. 9, 2025. She said total gross agriculture production was valued at just over $3,150,000,000, down about $216,000,000 (approximately 6%) from 2023, and stressed that the figures are farm‑gate values and do not reflect profit or production costs.
Pinfold and a colleague summarized the county’s top commodities. Almonds remained the highest‑value crop, increasing about 11% from the prior year. Milk was the county’s second‑largest commodity, reported at $755,000,000; Stanislaus produces more than 11% of California’s milk. Other top items included poultry, cattle and calves, walnuts (up roughly $32 million), nursery products and silage. The presenters noted regional and national market forces that contributed to changes in value.
The presentation highlighted two notable threats facing local agriculture: highly pathogenic avian influenza and the glassy‑winged sharpshooter. Pinfold said avian influenza has driven heavy losses in poultry and affected dairy production after the virus jumped to cattle; she reported that over 110 of the county’s 132 dairies were placed under quarantine during late 2024 and early 2025. On the pest front, she described a new glassy‑winged sharpshooter detection in Turlock and the county’s response: traps, surveys, targeted treatments and release of parasitic wasps. State protocol requires at least two years without detection before a quarantine can be lifted, and eradication will likely take several more years.
Pinfold also recognized farmworkers and announced recruitment for a Farmworker Advisory Committee with 10 seats (2 from each supervisorial district) and a $100 stipend per meeting for up to six meetings per year. Hard copies of the report were made available at the meeting; the report is posted online at www.stanag.org, she said.
The Board thanked Pinfold and her team for the presentation and invited questions from supervisors and members of the public.
