Appointed by the Board of Supervisors to a four-year term, the County Agricultural Commissioner is responsible for the local administration of certain federal, state, and local laws and regulations which protect the public’s health, safety and welfare, the environment, agriculture, and the consumer. The Agricultural Commissioner is also the County Sealer of Weights and Measures.

Mission Statement

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.

Sutter County Department of Agriculture Weather Station Data

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

• Weather Station Data

Environmental Protection

• Pest Detection
• Pest Eradication
• Pest Management
• Pest Exclusion - Plant Quarantine
• Pesticide Use Enforcement
• Meetings / Training / Events - Updated on 03/14/2023
• Underground Hazardous Material Storage Tank Program

Consumer Protection

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

• Industrial Hemp

Special Services

• Apiary Services
• Crop Statistics/Reports - Now Available - 2022 Crop Report
• Weather Related Agricultural Damage Information & Reporting
• Use of Propane Cannons (Zon Gun)
• Sutter County Walnut Theft Prevention Ordinance

Fee Schedules

• Ag Programs Fee Schedule
• Weights & Measures Fee Schedule

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