Archived Cost and Return Studies
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Search archived studies using the map of California| Commodity | Region | County | Year | Production Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Placer | 1979 | Hay |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Kern | 1979 | Establish Only; Hay |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Kern | 1979 | Hay |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | Hay; Production |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1979 | Hay Production; Production Only |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | Hay Production; Production Only |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | Production Only |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1979 | Landowner Basis |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1979 | Hay |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1979 | Hay Production; Production Only |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Inyo/Mono | 1979 | Hay Production; Production Only |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Southeast Interior | San Bernardino | 1979 | Custom Basis; Hay; Production Only |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Southeast Interior | see map | 1979 | Hay Production; Production Only |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1979 | Seed |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen/Shasta | 1979 | Fall; Hay; Irrigated |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1979 | Hay; Irrigated; Sprinkler Irrigated |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1979 | Hay |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Central Coast | see map | 1979 | Hay Production; Production Only |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Kern | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Kern | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Merced | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Yolo | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | see map | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Southeast Interior | see map | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Inyo/Mono | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Southeast Interior | San Bernardino | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Intermountain | Placer | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Intermountain | Modoc | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Intermountain | Shasta | 1979 | |
| Alfalfa [pdf] | Central Coast | see map | 1979 | |
| Almonds [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Kern | 1979 | Landowner Basis; Production Only |
| Almonds [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | Production Only |
| Almonds [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | Establish Only |
| Almonds [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1979 | Production Only |
| Almonds [pdf] | California | see map | 1979 | Production Only |
| Almonds [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Kern | 1979 | |
| Almonds [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | |
| Almonds [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | |
| Almonds [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Yolo | 1979 | |
| Almonds [pdf] | California | see map | 1979 | |
| Artichokes [pdf] | Central Coast | Monterey | 1979 | Fresh |
| Artichokes [pdf] | Central Coast | Monterey | 1979 | |
| Asparagus [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | |
| Asparagus [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1979 | Irrigated |
| Asparagus [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1979 | Direct Seeded |
| Asparagus [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | San Joaquin | 1979 | |
| Asparagus [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1979 | |
| Asparagus [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1979 | |
| Barley [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Madera/Merced | 1979 | Irrigated |
| Barley [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Madera/Merced | 1979 | Irrigated |
| Barley [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | Irrigated |
| Barley [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Stanislaus/San Joaquin | 1979 | Dry |
| Barley [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | |
| Barley [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1979 | Irrigated |
| Barley [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1979 | Irrigated |
| Barley [pdf] | Central Coast | San Luis Obispo | 1979 | Dry |
| Barley [pdf] | Central Coast | see map | 1979 | Dry |
| Barley [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | |
| Barley [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Madera/Merced | 1979 | |
| Barley [pdf] | Central Coast | see map | 1979 | |
| Beans [pdf] | South Coast | Ventura | 1979 | Lima |
| Beans [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Madera/Merced | 1979 | Blackeye |
| Beans [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Butte | 1979 | Common Dry |
| Beans [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1979 | Dry; Landowner Basis |
| Beans [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Butte/Glenn | 1979 | Dry |
| Beans [pdf] | South Coast | Ventura | 1979 | Limas |
| Beans [pdf] | Central Coast | San Luis Obispo | 1979 | Kentucky Wonder |
| Beans [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Butte/Glenn | 1979 | |
| Beans [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Butte/Glenn | 1979 | |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1979 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | North Coast | Humboldt | 1979 | |
| Beef [pdf] | North Coast | Humboldt | 1979 | |
| Beef [pdf] | North Coast | see map | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1979 | Cattle; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | Lassen | 1979 | Cow Calf |
| Beef [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1979 | |
| Beef [pdf] | California | see map | 1979 | Cattle |
| Beef [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | Head; Stocker |
| Beef [pdf] | North Coast | Humboldt | 1979 | Cow Calf; Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | North Coast | Humboldt | 1979 | Cow Calf; Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | Central Coast | see map | 1979 | Cow Calf; Cow Herd |
| Beef [pdf] | California | see map | 1979 | Cattle; Feeder Cattle; Feedlot |
| Broccoli [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1979 | |
| Cantaloupes [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | Leased |
| Cauliflower [pdf] | Central Coast | Monterey | 1979 | |
| Celery [pdf] | Central Coast | Monterey | 1979 | |
| Celery [pdf] | South Coast | Ventura | 1979 | |
| Celery [pdf] | South Coast | Santa Barbara | 1979 | |
| Celery [pdf] | South Coast | Santa Barbara | 1979 | |
| Celery [pdf] | Central Coast | Santa Cruz | 1979 | |
| Celery [pdf] | Central Coast | San Luis Obispo | 1979 | |
| Christmas Trees [pdf] | North Coast | see map | 1979 | |
| Christmas Trees [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1979 | |
| Corn [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley South | Fresno | 1979 | |
| Corn [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1979 | |
| Corn [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Butte/Glenn | 1979 | |
| Corn [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Butte/Glenn | 1979 | |
| Corn [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Madera/Merced | 1979 | |
| Corn [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | |
| Corn [pdf] | Intermountain | see map | 1979 | |
| Cotton [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | San Joaquin | 1979 | |
| Cotton [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1979 | |
| Cotton [pdf] | San Joaquin Valley North | Madera/Merced | 1979 | |
| Dairy [pdf] | Sacramento Valley | Sacramento | 1979 | |
| Dairy [pdf] | North Coast | see map | 1979 | |
| Dairy [pdf] | North Coast | Humboldt/Del Norte | 1979 | |
| Dairy [pdf] | North Coast | see map | 1979 | |
| Eggs [pdf] | Southeast Interior | Imperial | 1979 | Table |
| Irrigation [pdf] | California | see map | 1979 | Flood Irrigation |
| Lettuce [pdf] | Central Coast | Monterey | 1979 | |
| Vegetables-Mixed [pdf] | South Coast | Ventura | 1979 | Table |
| Whole Farm Costs [pdf] | California | see map | 1979 |
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