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The San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner formally presented the 2025 Annual Agricultural Crop Report to the County Board of Supervisors on September 15, 2026. The data will be used by the United States Department of Agriculture as part of its annual compilation of detailed agricultural data for every county in America.

San Joaquin County agriculture pumped $7.492 billion into the local economy in 2024 and supported 35,958 jobs, Agricultural Commissioner Kamaljit Bagri announced today as she released a comprehensive economic analysis of a key county industry.

July 20, 2026 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) have confirmed the positive identification of citrus yellow vein clearing virus (CYVCV) in a residential citrus tree in the Lodi area of San Joaquin County.

The San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office is urging residents to take immediate precautions after the invasive glassy-winged sharpshooter was discovered on grape plants sold at Costco stores throughout the wider Northern California Region including the Central Valley.

After consultation with the walnut industry, the San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner's Office declares the completion of the 2025 walnut harvest. This establishes the beginning of the San Joaquin County “Walnut Buying Period”. Walnuts that have not been dried or processed shall not be sold to, provided to, purchased by, or received by a non-processing walnut buying operation except during the Walnut Buying Period.

Stockton, CA - Today, the San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner formally presented the 2024 Annual Agricultural Crop Report to the Board of Supervisors for approval. The data will be used by the United States Department of Agriculture as part of its annual compilation of detailed agricultural data for every county in America.

The San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office declares the completion of the 2024 walnut harvest. This establishes the beginning of the San Joaquin County “Walnut Buying Period”.

The 2023 San Joaquin County Crop Report was presented to the County Board of Supervisors on August 27, 2024. The data will be used by the United States Department of Agriculture as part of its annual compilation of detailed agricultural data for every county in America.

Stockton, CA – At its meeting on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors authorized the County’s Agricultural Commissioner to establish a Livestock Pass Program in San Joaquin County.

Stockton, CA – After emergency action by Chairman Miguel Villapudua last week, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors affirmed the Chair’s decision to declare a local emergency due to the beet leafhopper (“BLH”) and the presence of the beet curly top virus (“BCTV”) on tomato crops in the County.

The San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office declares the completion of the 2023 walnut harvest. This establishes the beginning of the San Joaquin County “Walnut Buying Period”.

The San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner formally presented the 2022 Annual Agricultural Crop Report to the County Board of Supervisors on October 10, 2023 for approval.

AgVenture is a free County–sponsored program that seeks to inform and educate youth about agriculture, healthy-living, and local agricultural products. Students spend two hours at the field day interacting with a variety of agriculture displays.

AgVenture is a free County–sponsored program that seeks to inform and educate youth about agriculture, healthy-living, and local agricultural products. Students spend two hours at the field day interacting with a variety of agriculture displays.

USDA Under Secretary Jennifer Lester Moffitt will announce funding to support and strengthen California’s pest prevention, detection, surveillance and mitigation projects to protect California’s agricultural industries and environment from non-native invasive pests.

AgVenture is a free County-sponsored program that seeks to inform and educate youth about agriculture, healthy-living, and local agricultural products.

After consultation with the walnut industry, the San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office has declared the completion of the 2022 walnut harvest. This establishes the beginning of the San Joaquin County “Walnut Buying Period”.

AgVenture is a free County-sponsored program that seeks to inform and educate youth about agriculture, healthy-living and local agricultural products. Students spend two hours at the field day interacting with a variety of agriculture displays. These include everything from fruit, vegetables, livestock, farm equipment, mosquito abatement, ag mechanics, youth organizations, pest abatement, law enforcement and more! These hand-on activities complement and build on virtual content students watch prior to arrival.

(STOCKTON, CA) The San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner formally presented the 2021 Annual Agricultural Crop Report to the County Board of Supervisors on September 13, 2022 for approval.

San Joaquin County Department of Agriculture, in partnership with Amador, Calaveras, Yolo, and Sacramento Counties, are planning to host an Agricultural Pesticide Collection and Disposal Event in the late summer/early fall. This event is specifically for agricultural use (unwanted or legacy) pesticides from growers that farm in the participating counties.