A drop in crop value in Nevada County from the previous year was reported at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. County Agricultural Biologist, Luci Wilson, said it was still 18-point-seven-million dollars in 2022. But that was down 12-percent from 2021. She said it was largely due to extreme weather, especially late spring frost. The biggest impact was on winegrapes, which lost 55-percent in value. But, overall, she said most values were stable…

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Livestock, poultry, and livestock products represented about half of the overall total value, at around nine-million. Cannabis is still not part of the overall total, with the county continuing to issue supplemental reports. And it was just under seven-million dollars. But local Cannabis Alliance executive director, Diana Gamzon, said that was a 45-percent decline…

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33 acres of cannabis was grown in 2022, with 171 permits issued. That compares to 18 acres in 2021, with 112 permits. But the value then was nearly 12-and-a-half milion dollars.