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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."

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