Ventura County farms generated $2.4 billion in agricultural production last year, a 4% increase over 2024, figures show. But behind the record-setting total, many growers are seeing shrinking profit margins as rising labor, regulatory and production costs, along with mounting pest and disease pressures, outpace revenues. The Ventura County Agricultural Commissioneru2019s Office presented its 2025 Crop and Livestock Report to the Board of Supervisors on June 23, emphasizing not just gross production value but also the cost of producing those crops. Officials warned that tightening profit margins and the spread of Huanglongbing, or HLBu2014a fatal citrus disease spread by the <a href="https://www.toacorn.com/articles/countys-farm-production-hits-2-4-billion-as-growers-face-rising-costs/">[…]</a>