Sonoma County's agricultural crop value passed a billion dollars in 2018. This record value was led by wine grapes (no surprise) which had a record crop size and higher grapes for some grapes, especially Pinot Noir.
The total value was $1.1 billion. Of that wine grapes were $777 million. Next was milk at $141 million. Dairy was the top crop in the county until passed by grapes in the 1980s. That billion dollars value to the crop is only a small part of the value added to the county economy once you include job created, wine sold, and wine tourism.
The total crop value was a 27% increase from 2017 to 2018. Grapes grew 34% from 2017.
Info from pressdemocrat.com
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