STANISLAUS COUNTY CROP REPORT - 1997
		           SUMMARY


                                                                 
                        YEAR      ACREAGE         ESTIMATED VALUE


Fruit & Nut Crops       1997         145,000        $452,904,000
                 (Rev.) 1996         142,800         369,530,000
            
Field Crops             1997         608,010         130,742,000
                 (Rev.) 1996         618,860         120,019,000
            
Vegetable Crops         1997          38,616          73,852,000
                 (Rev.) 1996          40,064          75,097,000
            
Seed Crops              1997           1,131             897,000
                        1996           1,095             879,000

Nursery Products        1997           1,830           35,553,000
                        1996           1,140           32,180,000
            
Apiary Products         1997                            5,876,000
                        1996                            5,280,000
            
Livestock & Poultry     1997                          203,648,000
                 (Rev.) 1996                          204,115,000
            
Livestock & Poultry     1997                          429,508,000
 Products        (Rev.) 1996                          447,533,000
 

Total                   1997         795,000       $1,332,980,000
(Revised)               1996         804,000        1,254,633,000