Sierra2theSea

A News Service for Middle California

A News Service for Middle California

Pandemic adds pressure to berry market

-May 20,2020- from CFB Larger volumes of blueberries have inundated markets already rattled by COVID-19, pushing prices lower for farmers

Central Coast & Central Valley see big drops except for Kings County -May 18,2020- California Association of Realtors reports that

-May16,2020- Meat prices double even with plenty of supply at the farm USDA confirms it.Meat prices at the wholesale level

-May 16,2020- California’s vast lithium deposits – as much as one third of the world’s current lithium demand according to

May 15,2020 Work to enlarging San Luis Reservoir set for 2021 San Luis Reservoir near Los Banos would be expanded

-May 15,2020- Mortgage applications fell 12 Percent– The Mortgage Bankers Association says for April 2020 – mortgage applications for new

-May 12,2020- Upscale department store Nordstrom will shut 16 full-line stores later this year, the company announced last week. The

669 of them- almost 60% – are from nursing homes and food processors -May 12,2020- Almost 60% of all

-May 10,2020- VISALIA, CA – Kaweah Delta is developing plans that will allow it to resume some hospital services as

-May 8,2020- Survey shows California farmers losing sales, income Most farmers responding to a California Farm Bureau survey reported they