http://kingscountyag.wordpress.com Your opportunity to comment on this years crop report Thu, 26 May 2011 15:52:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/f21de33d6ddb21626ad7e4c78decfcb9?s=96&d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png http://kingscountyag.wordpress.com http://kingscountyag.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/carrots/ http://kingscountyag.wordpress.com/2011/05/17/carrots/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 21:29:42 +0000 Kings County Department of Agriculture http://kingscountyag.wordpress.com/?p=248 ]]> In the last 10 years carrot acreage in Kings County has grown almost 900%, to nearly 3000 acres.  In California, carrots brought in nearly half a billion dollars from 62,000 harvested acres in 2009. This was nearly 85% of the total U.S. production, making California the top producer of carrots in the country. The U.S. was the third largest producer of carrots in the world following China and Russia, respectively. . . more of the story

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