Press Releases

San Joaquin County Department of Agriculture, in partnership with Amador, Calaveras, Yolo, and Sacramento Counties, are planning to host an Agricultural Pesticide Collection and Disposal Event in the late summer/early fall. This event is specifically for agricultural use (unwanted or legacy) pesticides from growers that farm in the participating counties.

The San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner formally presented the 2019 Annual Agricultural Crop Report to the County Board of Supervisors today for approval. The data will be used by the United States Department of Agriculture as part of its annual compilation of detailed agricultural data for every county in the United States.

San Joaquin County agriculture pumped $5.732 billion into the local economy in 2018 and supported more than 33,000 jobs, Agricultural Commissioner Tim Pelican reported today during a Board of Supervisors meeting as he released the most comprehensive economic analysis to date of a key County industry.

On October 14, 2019, an Agricultural Program Aide from the San Joaquin County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office detected one Oriental fruit fly (OFF) in an insect trap located in Tracy.