BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) -- The value of Kern County crops fell by 8% in 2024, according to the most recent report.

This report puts Kern County just behind Tulare County.

Kern County's $7.96 billion 2024 estimate places Tulare County 5% ahead...whose total crop value in 2023 came in $760 million below Kern County.

Fresno County, a member of Kern County's competition, hasn't yet released a 2024 crop report.

Kern County Farm Bureau President, Todd Snider, says it simply comes down to acreage.

"In Tulare County, they increased dairy and beef both up about $200 million, right? So you have an increase there and the values of dairy and beef. Kern County, we've dropped a little bit. We've had reduction in acreage, right? So almond acre just dropped 13,000 acres from the previous year, 14,

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