By the Numbers
Our farmers, ranchers and agricultural communities braved extraordinary events in 2022. And yet our more than 30,000 Farm Bureau members continued doing what they always have done—helping feed California and the world beyond, while battling to preserve America’s most critical agricultural economy and their way of life. Throughout the year, Farm Bureau continued to advocate for our farm communities, represent our members and provide them with our full range of services. These numbers tell our story for 2022.

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After several multiyear droughts, those connected to water in California are looking at strategies to conserve irrigation supplies and produce crops using less water. To gain insight, farmers have partnered with the University of California and the Delta Conservancy to study different aspects of water conservation, including the amount of water released from plants, soil and other surfaces to the atmosphere, known as evapotranspiration or ET.
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In 2020, Lake County winegrape grower Dave Rosenthal had nearly made it to harvest when wildfires swept through the region, blanketing his vines in smoke. The flames never reached Rosenthal’s vineyard. But the winery that had bought up two-thirds of his grapes rejected them, saying smoke had left them unfit for wine.
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People in search of natural ways to brighten up a space are opting for cacti and other succulents, which come in a few thousand unique and colorful varieties that require little water or attention. In greenhouses warmed by the Southern California sun to color the plants, Alexandra “Alex” Jeffers, general manager of San Diego County-based Sorensen Greenhouses, says people enjoy succulents because they are different from other potted plants.
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At the start of the pandemic, as concerns mounted about the global food supply chain, Scott and Rayna Farrell got three chickens to keep in their backyard in Contra Costa County. “I didn’t like the idea of possibly not having food,” says Scott Farrell, who manages a construction company. If grocery store shelves dried up, he reasoned, at least they would have their eggs. As it turned out, all three chickens were roosters, creating a supply issue of their own, but after replacing them with hens, the family never looked back.
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