Fresno County had a record-breaking Agricultural Production year in 2021, but Kern County and Tulare County had an even better year. Over $8 billion of gross revenue went through Fresno County for the first time ever, but Tulare County made about $400 million more. The annual crop and livestock report takes around 8-10 months to gather all of the information in it. The report comes out around October for the previous year. … The west side is home to a large number of vegetable crops that require a lot of water to grow annually. To use their small supply of water efficiently, several farmers had to remove some permanent crops.

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