Agriculture output values have topped $1.8 billion for the first time since 2014 and the first time in 30 years in the County of San Diego, according to the county of San Diego’s annual Crop Report that covers the 2020 growing season.
The total value of all agriculture crops and commodities rose just 0.8 percent, from $1.79 billion in 2019 to $1.81 billion in 2020. It was the fourth time in the past five Crop Reports that overall agriculture values increased, and the third time since 1990 that total values topped $1.8 billion in San Diego County. Values exceeded $1.8 billion in both 2013 and 2014.
According to the report, the effects of the coronavirus pandemic appeared to be mixed. Some growers reported labor shortages and business closures; others suggested the people staying home because of the pandemic may have increased demand for items such as bedding plants, perennials, and indoor flowering and foliage plants
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