The U.S. should stop subsidizing bulk wine imports
By Stuart Spencer It’s a difficult time for many California winegrape growers. During the past couple years, prices have plummeted, and wineries have allowed contracts with growers to expire. This year, many of the state’s uncontracted grapes were left to rot on the vines. Imported bulk wine has…
Valley ag land loses value
Some blame SGMA – Then there’s the decline in nut prices, chill hours, more heat, trade wars and other factors The value of farmland in parts of the San Joaquin Valley, California’s agricultural heartland, has fallen rapidly this year as both commodity prices lag and implementation of the…
2024 walnut crop expected to drop 19 percent
Farm advisor Bob Beede USDA says the California walnut crop this fall is likely to be down 19% from last year as lower acreage, lack of chill hours and other weather events reduce the size of the nut crop.The September Objective Measurement survey indicate nut quality will be…
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