Changes in the fruit industry are related to changes in the global economy, says Terry Bacon of Sun World. California’s stone fruit industry is in a deep crisis. Growers and marketers are being squeezed out of business by rising costs, overproduction, stagnant prices, water shortages, and the difficulties of getting financing, Terry Bacon said during the International Fruit Tree Association’s annual conference in Germany. It’s estimated that more than 7,000 acres of stone fruit will be pushed out or abandoned this year in California’s Central Valley. Bacon, director of variety development at Sun World International, LLC, in Bakersfield, California, said […]