In accordance with the provisions of Sections 2272 and 2279 of the California Food and Agricultural Code, the 2016 Santa Barbara County Crop Report has been submitted. This report summarizes the acreage, production, and gross value of Santa Barbara County’s agricultural commodities.
Santa Barbara County agricultural commodities grossed $1,426,664,069 for 2016, which is a decrease of 3.7% or $52,428,493 from the previous year. Poor water quality and labor issues continue to impact most, if not all, commodity groups. It is always important to note that the figures provided in the annual crop report are gross values and do not represent or reflect net profit or loss experienced by individual growers or by the industry as a whole. Growers do not have control over most input costs, such as fuel, fertilizers, and packaging, nor can they significantly affect market prices. Agriculture is the number one contributor to the county’s economy and through the multiplier effect, contributes a total of $2.8 billion to the local economy and provides 25,370 jobs.
The cut flower industry experienced a drastic reduction in overall gross production value in 2016 of approximately $30 million. Many factors attribute to the reduction in value of cut flowers in the county however; cut flowers remain as the fifth overall most valued commodity at approximately $75 million. Santa Barbara County cut flowers are shipped throughout the world.
Download the full report here.
Announcements
Vacancies
- Junior Sales Manager
- Technical Sales Representative, Leamington, Ontario
- Technical Sales Representative, Ancaster, Ontario
- HR Generalist
- Head Grower Strawberries (West Virginia USA)
- Global Sourcing Manager
- Buying Operations Manager (BOM Process)
- Sourcing Manager EU
- Manager Operations Ethiopia
- Manager Operations Ethiopia
"Tweeting Growers"
Top 5 - yesterday
- "Particularly high demand for tracked machines with slewing ring and pipe rail carts at the moment"
- Reducing the spread of viruses with double cover films
- "Four new packs, four new sustainable solutions"
- "Change, differing opinions, and respect for each other, that's timeless"
- Biostimulant wins EU LIFE Award 2023 in the Environment category
Top 5 - last week
Top 5 - last month
- Hasfarm’s network expands in Indonesia, partnering with Bromelia Flowers and Tropika
- "Breeders need to study the Chinese market carefully before introducing a variety"
- North America: “Unbridled optimism for Mother’s Day tempered by reality”
- “A new sales channel for flower companies without any labor or high fixed costs”
- “Carnations have made a comeback; being seen as trendy again”
Receive the daily newsletter in your email for free | Click here
Other news in this sector:
- 2023-06-08 "Particularly high demand for tracked machines with slewing ring and pipe rail carts at the moment"
- 2023-06-08 UK: The horticultural industry warns of plant shortages for UK gardeners by 2027 if a ban on peat is brought forward
- 2023-06-08 Moving towards real-time pricing in Floriday
- 2023-06-08 Botswana seeks to learn from Kenya Horticulture Trade
- 2023-06-07 Kenyan growers continue diversifying their assortment
- 2023-06-07 Direct cargo flight launched between Kenya and Israel
- 2023-06-06 LED: Europe revokes, North America explodes
- 2023-06-05 US: Hawaii among top 10 states with most floriculture operations
- 2023-06-02 US (OH): Decreased floriculture production in 2022
- 2023-06-02 OptiCept breaks into the forestry cuttings market in China
- 2023-06-01 Dutch growers lose faith
- 2023-06-01 Syria: Safflower cultivation expands in Idlib
- 2023-05-31 Ecuador’s agreements with China and Costa Rica are suspended
- 2023-05-31 EU considers granting drought relief to Spain
- 2023-05-31 UK: Grower warns industry would 'collapse' without migrant workers
- 2023-05-31 US (MT): Floriculture industry blooming with 50 farms on the map
- 2023-05-30 Westland gives three tonne grant to Westland water bank pilot
- 2023-05-30 "Wedding trends you need to know"
- 2023-05-30 'Appreciating flowers' carried out differently in the West and East
- 2023-05-29 “The excess of water and lack of sunshine has strongly impacted the productions from the north of France"
