FILE: Fruits and vegetables are bagged at a grocery store. Santa Cruz County’s 2024 Crop Report shows agricultural production rose more than 13% from the previous year. (Harika Maddala/Bay City News)

The value of Santa Cruz county’s agricultural production rose by more than 13 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, the county Agricultural Commissioner’s Office reported Wednesday. 

According to the 2024 Crop Report, the total gross value of all crops for that year was nearly $741 million, a 13.3 percent increase over 2023. 

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.