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No. 1 farm county sets new production record
Bill Curtis By: Bill Curtis
9:24 PM Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

The nation's leading farm county set a new production record last year … but water shortages will likely prevent a repeat.



The Fresno County agricultural commissioner reported yesterday that the on-farm value of the county's production reached nearly $5.4 billion dollars. But officials said water shortages have already caused $88 million dollars of losses this year. The Fresno County Farm Bureau said farmers, ranchers, farmworkers and rural communities all face hardship.



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