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…
Crop Watch: Valley Cotton acres bounce back
California cotton plantings once covered more than 1 million acres annually, producing a crop worth more than $1 billion a year to the California agriculture economy. But by 2020, according to National Ag Statistics, cotton acreage in California was down to about 246,000. Tree crops, vines, alfalfa and…
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