Agriculture production in Nevada County continues to be stable, with only minor overall fluctuations, although some commodities showed larger changes. The annual report shows the total gross value was down 1% from the year before, at over 22-million dollars. It was UP 1% last year. But Agriculture Commissioner Chris Flores says vegetable crop values nearly doubled…

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Vegetable crops were 4th out of the seven top commodities. Livestock and Poultry tops the list each year, with over 50% of the the total value. But Flores says, once again, cattle values took a major drop…

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Flores says the number-three commodity, timber, saw an increase in value last year, but did not come close to its 2013 value. For the second straight year, fire salvage harvesting in southern foothill counties continues to monopolize the industry and flood the mills with supply, with bark beetle infestation and wildfires from years of drought.