To Promote and Protect Agriculture . . .
As prescribed by law, every county in the state of California is required to have an Agricultural Commissioner and a Sealer of Weights and Measures. County Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer (CAC) departments are regulatory agencies. The CAC performs under the jurisdiction and direction of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), and its Division of Measurement Standards (DMS), and the Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR). The Kings County Agricultural Commissioner department also works in cooperation with various other, federal, state, regional, and local agencies.
Promotion and protection of agriculture in the county and the state is accomplished through outreach activities and enforcement of the laws and regulations of the California Food and Agriculture Code and the California Code of Regulations. Ensuring equity in the marketplace is attained from the same type of outreach activities and the enforcement of the laws and regulations regarding weights and measures in the Business and Professions Code of California and the California Code of Regulations.
2008 Kings County Crop Report
"Sorghum... the other silage"
May 12, 2009, the 2008 Kings County Crop Report will be presented to the Kings County Board of Supervisors.Historically in the U. S., sorghum was mostly grown as a source of sugar for syrup. Today, its uses are diverse. Sorghum is a powerhouse of nutrition for animal and human consumption alike. It is the third leading cereal crop in the United States; however, domestically it is used almost exclusively for animal feed. In other regions of the world it is still used as a major food source for humans, and worldwide it is the third largest food grain. In addition to being an animal feed source, it is used as a substitute for wheat in gluten-free food products and as a renewable source of ethanol-based energy. Grain sorghum is capable of producing the same amount of ethanol as corn, while utilizing one-third less water. In Kings County its use is primarily for animal feed. read more of the story