Due to our fertile soil, senior water rights to the Colorado River, and expansive land mass, the Greater Yuma region is able to grow 170+ different crops to feed America. Within a 100-mile radius food processors can access poultry farms with 2,000,000+ chickens and feed lots with 750,000+ head of cattle for protein inputs. The region also has commercial dairy farms producing 800,000+ gallons of fluid milk per month along with 40,000 acres of wheat grown annually. Our food production workforce of 15,000 individuals generates 90% of the nation’s winter leafy vegetables and other crops for worldwide consumption.
90 %
LEAFY GREENS CONSUMED IN THE U.S. AND CANADA
170
VARIETY OF CROPS PRODUCED
4.40
BILLION OF ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTION IN SALES
$17.22
Avg. wage for production workers
#1
Yuma County is the largest producer of lettuces and other veggies during the winter months in the U.S.
1,519,664
Billion of Agricultural GDP in 2023
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