I’m with Ms Wilson. Move all the illegal aliens out!
“I’m with Ms Wilson. Move all the illegal aliens out!”
When there are no crops to manage, no lawns to mow, etc., a lot of them will leave (unless somehow the RATs figure out a way to get welfare money from all those bankrupt farmers). Most non-Californians don’t know that agriculture is California’s biggest business by a wide margin.
Some Statistics
California’s economy is the 8th largest economy in the world (2012), if the states of the U.S. were compared with other countries. As of 2013, the gross state product (GSP) is about $2.05 trillion, which is 13.2% of the United States gross domestic product (GDP).
Agriculture (including fruit, vegetables, dairy, and wine production) is a major California industry. Airborne exports of perishable fruits and vegetables amounted to approximately $579 million in 2007. By way of comparison, California exported more agricultural products by air that year than 23 other states did by all modes of transport.
According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, “California agriculture is nearly a $36.6 billion dollar industry that generates $100 billion in related economic activity.” The state’s agricultural sales first exceeded $30 billion in 2004, making it more than twice the size of any other state’s agriculture industry.
California is the leading dairy state. Milk is California’s number one farm commodity. Exports of almonds continued to be the top commodity from California, with a value of $2.83 billion in foreign sales. Dairy and dairy products ranked second to almonds with a California total export value of $1.42 billion, a 24 percent increase over 2010. California’s dairy industry generated $47 billion “in economic activity” in 2004 and employed over 400,000 people.”