STANISLAUS COUNTY CROP REPORT - 1998
		           SUMMARY


                                                                 
                        YEAR      ACREAGE         ESTIMATED VALUE


Fruit & Nut Crops       1998         150,233        $357,560,000
 (Revised)              1997         145,281         452,945,000
            
Field Crops             1998         620,991         116,428,000
 (Revised)              1997         607,100         130,077,000
            
Vegetable Crops         1998          42,861          81,184,000
 (Revised)              1997          38,291          72,792,000
            
Seed Crops              1998           1,080           1,157,000
                        1997           1,131             897,000

Nursery Products        1998           2,369           36,758,000
                        1997           1,825           35,553,000
            
Apiary Products         1998                            6,181,000
                        1997                            5,876,000
            
Livestock & Poultry     1998                          196,047,000
 (Revised)              1997                          189,294,000
            
Livestock & Poultry     1998                          507,399,000
 Products               1997                          429,508,000
 

Total                   1998         817,534       $1,302,714,000
(Revised)               1997         793,628        1,316,942,000