Agricultural equipment sales employ 7,000 Californians

From selling irrigation pumps to tractors, agricultural equipment sales provide jobs to nearly 7,000 Californians, according to a report commissioned by farm-equipment manufacturers…. For California, employment in the wholesale distribution of agricultural machinery and equipment accounted for 0.05 percent of total statewide employment, 0.99 percent of statewide wholesale distribution employment, and 1.94 percent of statewide durable goods wholesale distribution employment, says Global Insight Inc., the firm that compiled the report”. The full report can be found at this link: http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/links/USAgEquip2007.pdf