Agriculture production in Nevada County is down from a year ago. The annual report says the gross value for 2014 was 23-point-2 million dollars, up just one-percent from 2013. Agriculture Commissioner Chris Flores didn’t have the value available for 2013, but indicated this year’s increase is significantly lower. That’s because timber products decreased in value by 63-percent…

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Timber products’ cash crop ranking dropped from second to third. But Flores says the decline was offset by a 21-percent gross value increase for the livestock industry, including a 24-percent increase in cattle value…

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14-point-1 million of the 23-point-2 million dollar total was attributed to livestock and poultry, which is the top category. That was followed by pasture and rangeland, with timber products, fruit and nut crops, and vegetable crops rounding out the top five.