Beyond the top 10
Other notable items in the 2014 crop report for Stanislaus County, in gross income to growers:
Peaches: $58.6 million, up from $54.2 million
Wine grapes: $52.7 million, down from $62.4 million
Apricots: $30.5 million, up from $28.6 million
Melons: $26.1 million, up from $25.7 million
Cherries: $15.3 million, down from $30.7 million
Apples: $8.9 million, up from $7.4 million
Citrus: $3.2 million, down from $4.3 million
Miscellaneous fruits and nuts: $16.3 million, down from $23.9 million. They include 21 berries, stone fruits and other crops.
Dry beans: $19.8 million, up from $18.3 million
Green lima beans: $2.7 million, down from $5.2 million
Sweet potatoes: $15.3 million, up from $8.2 million
Broccoli: $5.9 million, unchanged
Pumpkins: $1.8 million, up from $1.3 million
Squash: $590,000, down from $887,000
Miscellaneous vegetables: $21.5 million, down from $27.6 million. They include 36 types of greens, herbs, root vegetables and others.
Miscellaneous eggs: $7 million, up from $5.8 million. They include turkey eggs for hatching and duck and quail eggs for eating.
Almond hulls: $51.9 million, down from $56.6 million. They are the outer covering on the nuts and are sold as dairy feed.
Almond shells: $3.8 million, down from $4.4 million. They are the inner covering and are sold for power generation, livestock bedding and other uses.
Honey: $8.8 million, up from $8.6 million
Beeswax: $1.8 million, up from $1.7 million
Alfalfa hay: $54.6 million, up from $49.3 million
Oat hay: $27.1 million, up from $16.2 million
Other hay: $10.7 million, up from $8.1 million
Wheat: $4.6 million, up from $3.4 million
Rice: $1.7 million, up from $1.6 million
Other field crops: $2 million, down from $2.1 million. They include barley, corn grain, oat grain, safflower, sunflower and sorghum.
Irrigated pasture: $6.9 million, down from $7.7 million
Rangeland: $8.4 million, unchanged
Ornamental trees and shrubs: $28.2 million, up from $25.4 million
Miscellaneous nursery: $16.3 million, down from $38 million. This includes Christmas trees, lavender, turf, vegetable transplants and strawberry transplants.
Seed crops: $1.1 million, up from $774,000
Firewood: $13.9 million, up from $13.5 million
Squab (young pigeons): $2.4 million, unchanged
Game birds: $938,000, down from $1.2 million. They include chukars, ducks, geese, pheasants, partridges and quail.
Hogs and pigs: $3.4 million, up from $2.2 million
Goats: $1.4 million, down from $1.5 million
Sheep and lambs: $476,000, up from $334,000
Wool and alpaca fiber: $187,000, up from $50,000
Manure: $3.2 million, down from $4.1 million
Other agriculture: $3.2 million, up from $2.9 million. This includes fish, wood for power plants, compost, worms and worm castings.
This story was originally published September 29, 2015 at 6:20 PM with the headline "Beyond the top 10."