(A new study has been released)....The report was put together by the local Ag Commissioners Office.

The report indicates Imperial County agriculture pumped $5.095 billion into the local economy in 2022. Agriculture supported more than 19,000 jobs during the same period. Ag Commissioner Jolene Dessert announced the release of the latest economic analysis, a key county industry report. Dessert says the study supplements the annual agricultural report. She says instead of stopping at farm production values, it also quantifies local food processing, employment and economic ripple effects. The third such study was conducted by Drs. Jeff Langholz and Fernando DePaolis of Agricultural Impact Associates. The latest report can be found at agcom.imperialcounty.org/crop-reports/.