STANISLAUS COUNTY CROP REPORT - 1996
                            SUMMARY CROPS
  
 
                                   HARVESTED 
                           YEAR     ACREAGE               ESTIMATED VALUE


Fruit & Nut Crops          1996            127,000       $ 332,085,000
                           1995            127,000         291,750,000

Field Crops                1996            619,000         119,506,000
(Rev.)                     1995            616,000         120,838,000
                               
Vegetable Crops            1996             46,000          77,419,000
                           1995             47,000          75,933,000
                               
                               
Seed Crops                 1996              1,095             879,000
                           1995              1,100             843,000
                               
Nursery Products           1996              1,140          32,180,000
                           1995              1,640          29,793,000
                               
                               
Apiary Products            1996                              5,280,000
                           1995                              4,620,000
                               
                               
Livestock & Poultry        1996                            218,314,000
                           1995                            206,632,000
                               
                               
Livestock & Poultry        1996                            447,533,000
 Products                  1995                            385,113,000


Total                      1996            794,000     $ 1,223,196,000
                           1995            793,000       1,115,522,000