Agricultural Department

Our mission is to serve the public's interest by ensuring equity in the marketplace, promoting and protecting agriculture, assuring environmental quality, and protecting the health, safety and welfare of Sutter County's citizens.

We fulfill our mission through the following programs: Pest Exclusion, Pesticide Use Enforcement, Pest Detection, Fruit and Vegetable Standardization, Egg Quality Control, Pest Management, Nursery Inspection, Pest Eradication, Seed Inspection, Weights and Measures Enforcement, Predatory Animal Control, and other non-regulatory and special services programs.

What is Industrial Hemp?
"Industrial hemp" means a crop that is limited to types of the plant Cannabis sativa L. having no more than three-tenths (0.3%) of 1 percent tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) contained in the dried flowering tops, whether growing or not; the seeds of the plant; the resin extracted from any part of the plant; and every compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, mixture, or preparation of the plant, its seeds or resin produced therefrom.

What is the difference between cannabis and Industrial Hemp?
Cannabis is defined in California Business and Professions Code (BPC) Section 26001(f). The BPC Section 26001(f) definition explicitly states that cannabis does not include industrial hemp.

Is Industrial hemp federally regulated as a controlled substance?
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, effective January 1, 2019, removed hemp from Schedule I of the federal Controlled Substances Act. Thus, hemp is no longer federally regulated as a controlled substance.

Additional information about Industrial Hemp and registration:

• California Department of Food and Agriculture-Industrial Hemp website
• Industrial Hemp Registration Process FAQ’s
• Registration Application for growers
• Registration Application for Seed Breeders
• Industrial Hemp FAQ’s
• California Industrial Hemp Law and Regulations
• Proposed Sampling and Testing Regulations
• Update on Hemp Cultivation Requirements for Established Agriculture Research Institutions

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a notification as a result of the wildfires that occurred August 14, 2020 - September 26, 2020 in applicable counties (USDA M4558).

• USDA M4558 Notification - Sutter County

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a new drought disaster declaration for the State of California as of March 5, 2021.

• USDA Drought Disaster Declaration

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted a Secretarial disaster designation for drought in Sutter County as identified by the U.S. Drought Monitor (USDA S4916).

• USDA Drought Disaster Declaration
• USDA S4916 Designation Information

The U.S. Small Business Administration declared Sutter County a disaster area due to drought as identified by the U.S. Drought Monitor (SBA #16896).

• SBA Drought Disaster Declaration
• SBA 16896 Designation Information

On August 5, 2014, the Sutter County Board of Supervisors passed and adopted the Sutter County Walnut Theft Prevention Ordinance. The purpose of this ordinance is to establish requirements regarding the transportation and identification of walnut crops, including establishing a walnut buying period. It is the purpose and intent of this ordinance to establish a means of verifying ownership of specified agricultural commodities in order to prevent and deter theft of walnuts.

• Letter to Industry 
• Proof of Ownership Form 
• Walnut Theft Prevention Ordinance 
• 2020-2021 Walnut Buying Period

Get the latest weather data from the Weather Station at Garden Highway. Data is refreshed throughout the day, every day.

• Weather Station Data

• Egg Quality Control
• Fruit, Nut, & Vegetable Quality Control
• Nursery Inspection
• Seed Services
• Weights & Measures

• Pest Detection
• Pest Eradication
• Pest Management
• Pest Exclusion - Plant Quarantine
• Pesticide Use Enforcement
• Meetings / Training / Events - Updated on 02/11/2019
• Underground Hazardous Material Storage Tank Program

• Apiary Services
• Crop Statistics/Reports- Now Available - 2019 Crop Report
• Weather Related Agricultural Damage Information & Reporting
  

• California Department of Food & Agriculture
• California Department of Measurement Standards
• California Department of Pesticide Regulation
• National Institute of Standards & Technology - Office of Weights & Measures
• Public Records Portal 
• Sutter County Agricultural Crop Reports

• Ag Programs Fee Schedule 
• Weights & Measures Fee Schedule 

If this is an emergency and pesticides endanger people's health, call 911.

Please contact (530) 822-7307 if a Pesticide incident occurs after business hours or on weekends.

Si ocurre un incidente de pesticida despues del horario de oficina o fines de semana, favor de comunicarse al (530) 822-7307.