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<br />Crop Report <br /> <br />The . availability of Colorado <br />Rive.r wate.rand.aconsiderate climate <br />make the Imperial Valley one of the <br />most productive agricultural regions in <br />the world. The Imperial Valley has an , <br />agriculturally based economy, produc- <br />, ing nearly $1 billion in crops annually. <br />:Roughly one outof every thr~ jobs is ' <br />directly related to agriculture. <br />There are 1,061,637 total acres <br />within District boundaries. In 1994,. <br />418,749 acres \vere used for field crops, <br />98,714 for vegetable crops and 22,204 <br />: for permanent crops. <br /> <br />Top 10 Crops for 1994 <br /> <br />Cattle ;.... ........... ........... ...... <br /> <br />Alfalfa.......... ...... ............... <br /> <br />'Carrots .............................. <br /> <br />'Lettuce...........,. ................. <br /> <br />Cantaloupes ..................... <br />Sudan Grass Hay......:..... <br />Sugar Beets....................... <br />Asparagus ........................ <br />Leaf Lettuce ..................... <br /> <br />,Onions ... ......... ........... ....... <br /> <br />, $202,151,000 <br />165,352,000 <br />83,459,000 <br />56,044,000 <br />46,799,000 <br />45,594,000 <br />35,428,000 <br />31,459,000 <br />27,544,000 <br />22,147,000 <br /> <br />Harvest Schedule . . <br /> <br />J an -- March <br />Asparagus <br />Broccoli <br />Carrots <br />Lettuce <br />Cabbage <br />DehydratOr Onions <br />Bunching Onions <br />Romain <br />Summer Squash <br />Alfalfa <br />Citrus <br /> <br />Apr - June <br />Asparagus <br />Cantaloupe <br />Garlic <br />Fresh Market Onions <br />Seed Onions <br />Tomatoes <br />Watermelon <br />Honeydew <br />Okra <br />, 'Sweet Com <br />Summer Squash <br />, Banana Squash <br />Alfalfa <br />Wheat <br />Flax <br />Sudan Grass <br />Sugar Beets <br /> <br />Gross Value Comparison 1993-1994 <br />(Value = Millions of dollars) <br /> <br />MIlliONS <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />500.000 <br /> <br />400,000 <br /> <br />300,000 <br /> <br />200.000 " <br /> <br />100.000 <br /> <br />o <br /> <br /> <br />( <br />FIELD CROPS <br /> <br />VEG, ! MELON <br /> <br />UVESTOCK <br /> <br />'LJJ" .~ <br />>,' ," LJiJI' <br />. / <br />~'- - " <br /> <br />",~ <br />( <br /> <br />FRUIT! NUT SEED! NUIlSERV <br /> <br />APIARV <br /> <br />July - Sept <br />Seed Onions <br />Tomatoes <br />Watermelon <br />Casaba <br />Okra <br />Banana Squash <br />Alfalfa <br />Wheat <br />Flax <br />Sesbania <br />Forage Sorghums <br />Grain Sorghums . <br />Sugar Beefs <br /> <br />Oct - Dee <br />Broccoli <br />Cantaloupe <br />Carrots <br />Lettuce <br />Cabbage <br />Cucumbers <br />Casaba <br />Honeydew <br />Persian <br />Rapini <br />Okra <br />Bunching Onions <br />Romaine <br />Summer Squash <br />Alfalfa <br />Cotton Sesbania <br />Forage Sorghums <br />Grain Sorghums <br /> <br />01993 <br /> <br />CI994 <br /> <br />I <br />