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  • July 2015 Issue
  • Story by Richard Lehnert

    • California cling peach growers plant more trees as prices improve

    A newly planted cling peach orchard near Reedley, California on April 9, 2015. (TJ Mullinax/Good Fruit Grower) Stronger prices for cling peaches seem to have prompted California growers to plant more trees, which should slow the industry’s long-term slide in acreage. The rising price was triggered by long-term falling production as growers turned to crops that produced more income and could be produced with less labor. Water supplies for peach production and the prolonged California drought have not really been the limiting factor for growers, according to Rich Hudgins, president and CEO of the California Canning Peach Association. Other forces […]

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    Richard Lehnert
    After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index
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