Plentiful harvest pulls down walnut prices

With the USDA predicting a record 575,000-ton walnut harvest in California, which grows nearly all of the crop, “a price slide heralds the first sign of vulnerability for the Golden State’s enduring nut boom,” reports Capital Press. Relatively mild summer weather and doses of irrigated water outweighed the effects of drought and lack of chilling… » Read More

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