San Bernardino County commodities boomed in 2007
For egg producers in San Bernardino County, it was a lucky time to be doing business. For dairies, the high price of milk didn’t come without a lot of costs. The county’s recently released crop and livestock report for 2007 revealed a rare year for the price of commodities that was worth $572 million, a nearly 31 percent increase since 2006. John Gardner, San Bernardino County’s agricultural commissioner, said the county’s crops and livestock should still gain this year but hardly at the levels seen in 2007. "It was a year like I’ve never seen before," said Gary Foster, general manager of Norco Ranch in Norco. The company has 1.3 million hens in San Bernardino County and another 1.7 million in Riverside County. After two years of record losses because of over production of eggs, the industry began cutting back. A dozen eggs were worth 49 cents in 2006. Resources for 
