County releases crop report

Three of San Diego County's Top 10 Crops reached their highest total values in the past decade in the annual Crop Report released by the county this week, while total agriculture values dipped slightly after two straight years of increase.

The total value of all agricultural crops and commodities slipped by one-quarter of 1% in the new report, which covers the 2018 growing season, decreasing $4.39 million, from $1,774,206,410 in the 2017 Crop Report to $1,769,815,715.

However, three of the Top 10 Crops not only surpassed the values they reached in 2017, they reached their highest values in the...