regional outlook 

-East Fresno Madera Section- 

Chapters

Clovis, Fowler, Fresno Unified, Kingsburg, Madera Liberty, Oakhurst/Yosemite, Parlier, Reedley,  Sanger, Selma, Tollhouse sierra and Willow Creek

Top Five Commodities

Grapes, milk, almonds, Pistachios and Nursery Stock

Interesting Facts!!

Madera County has an overall crop production of over $750,000,000. East Fresno Madera FFA Section is also home of Yosemite National Park. Lastly, Madera County is the "center" point of the great state of California. 

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-Kern Inyo- 

Chapters

Arvin, Bakersfield, Bakersfield Foothill, Bakersfield/ROC, Bakersfield/Highland, Bakersfield/Liberty, Bakersfield/North, Bakersfield Ridgeview, Bakersfield/South, Bakersfield/Stockdale, Benton High Desert. Bishop, Lake Isabella/Kern Valley, Lebec/Frazier Mountain, Lone Pine, McFarland, Shafter, Tehachapi, Wasco

Top Five Commodities

Grapes, Citrus,  almonds, Cotton and Milk

Interesting Facts!!

Inyo County has the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States, Mt.  Whitney, as well as the lowest valley, Death Valley. Also the Kern Inyo Section is the largest in the San Joaquin Region. Furthermore, Kern County is known for its world-reknowned for the kern river and its 50 miles of whitewater rapids! 

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-Sequoia Section- 

Chapters

Delano, Dinuba, Exeter, Farmersville, Lindsay, Orosi, Porterville, Porterville/granite hILLS, Porterville/mONACHE, Strathmore, Visalia/golden west, Visalia/mT. Whitney, Visalia/redwood AND Woodlake.

top Five Commodities

milk, oranges, cattle/CALVES, grapes AND alfalfa. 

Interesting Facts!!

Tulare county IS RANKED #1 IN THE NATION FOR agricultural productivity. its TOTAL INCOME FOR Tulare county FROM milk production TOPS $1.2 billion AND DID YOU KNOW THAT NEARLY 312,000 COWS PRODUCE OVER 7.7 BILLION POUNDS OF MILK EACH YEAR?

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-Tulare kings section -

Chapters

Avenal, Corcoran, Hanford, Lemoore, Tulare western AND Tulare union. 

top Five Commodities

milk, cotton, cattle/CALVES, alfalfa AND turkeys.  

Interesting Facts!!

both Tulare AND kings counties #1 commodity IS milk production. furthermore, BOTH COUNTIES COMBINED AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION WAS VALUED AT $4,445,906,600 IN 2001 AND KINGS COUNTY IS THE ORIGINAL HOME OF "EL mEXICANO," ONE OF THE LEADING CHEESE PRODUCING COMPANIES OF California. 

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-west Fresno Madera section-

Chapters

Caruthers, Caruthers/marc, chowchilla, Coalinga, Firebaugh, Fresno central, Fresno perishing, Fresno Washington,  kERMAN, lATON, mADERA, mENDOTA, Riverdale AND tranquility. 

top Five Commodities

grapes, poultry, cotton, tomatoes AND milk.   

Interesting Facts!!

THE WEST FRESNO MADERA SECTION IS HOME OF THE STATE FFA LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. FRESNO COUNTY , THOUGH, OFFERS THE MOST DIVERSIFIED CROP PRODUCTION WITH OVER 250 DIFFERENT CROPS GROWN ANNUALLY. lastly, Fresno county's AGRICULTURAL PRODUCES $3.2 BILLION ANNUALLY!

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