Ag Alert July 7, 2021

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expects to begin harvest of large- and per- sonal-sizewatermelons at the family farm inManteca.Hesaidextremeheat canaffect yields,notingrecent temperaturesreaching 120degreesinElCentroand106inManteca. “That type of extreme heat will knock off any potential flower or fruit because theplant is stressed,”VanGroningen said. Another impact to the season, accord- ing to growers, is a lack of skilled employ- ees to harvest the crop. “We’re getting a lot of people that say, ‘We’re not coming back yet ; we’d rath- er stay at home,’” Van Groningen said, adding that finding employees hasn’t been easy. A shortage of truck drivers also has af- fected the food-supply chain and melon shipments, growers said. “Not only is there not enough drivers, but I think that is causing issues with getting enough product to the market- place,” Van Groningen said. “People can’t get it through the distribution channels fast enough.” Other challenges, VanGroningen said, include a shortage of shipping supplies such as pallets, bins, cardboard and pa- per, adding, “Packaging costs are a signif- icant issue. Pallet costs have risen expo- nentially. A pallet that typically sells for $8 has doubled or tripled in price. It’s a huge impact for us.” A lack of employees and/or a shortage

of pallets, VanGroningen said, has forced growers to make tough decisions about leaving the crop in the field unharvested. “If you have to pick X amount of prod- uct that day and you only have 80% that you can actually handle either because of labor or packaging, you go for the best 80% and then you leave 20%,” Van Groningen said. Imperial Valley farmer Joe Colace of Five CrownsMarketing—a grower, pack- er and shipper—describeddifficulty find- ing employees, increasing cost of sup- plies and lack of transportation as daily “pressure points,” adding that these costs have been difficult to bear.

Even with the various challenges of getting the crop grown, harvested and to market, Californiamelon growers say de- mand remains strong at retail—and now at food service as restaurants reopen. “It has been such a wonderful thing that people are out enjoying the summer weather and family gatherings,” Colace said. “As restrictions loosen, we’re seeing anuptick in consumption.We have really enjoyed a good-quality season for flavor and sugar of the product, and that always enhances repeat business.” (Chr i s t ine Souza i s an ass i s tant editor of Ag Alert. She may be contacted at csouza@cfbf.com.) Justice Clark had it exactly right.” Sagaser,alawstudentandexternforClark at thetime,saidheappreciatedKavanaugh’s acknowledgment of his latementor. “Although JusticeClarkdidn’t live to see that, I’mgladthatpeopleunderstandthat,” Sagaser said. “He was right back in 1975, and people should have listened to him.” TheU.S.SupremeCourtsentthecaseback totheNinthCircuitdistrictcourt“for further proceedingsconsistentwiththisopinion.” (Kevin Hecteman i s an ass i stant editor of Ag Alert. He may be contacted at khecteman@cfbf.com.)

water supplies to Westlands and other contractors in February, and then sus- pended that amount a fewweeks later. As the season progressed, Del Bosque learned that an arrangement to deliver transferwater toWestlandsWaterDistrict was halted to conserve cold water for fish behind Lake Shasta. This forced him to pull backplantings of late-seasonmelons. “Right now, there’s a lot of uncertainty and I have a lot of fear,” Del Bosque said. “If wehavenowater and the agencies that move transfer water don’t help us next year, our ranch is going to come to a stop. We’ll have to lay off people and we’ll lose our customers. It could be the end of us.” In past years of limited water, Del Bosque said delivery of purchased trans- fer water would happen right away, usu- ally inApril orMay. This year, the bureau told the district that it would not receive thiswater until October.WestlandsWater District anticipates that approximately 210,000 acres of land within the district will be fallowed this year. Despite drought-related challenges, Ryan Van Groningen of Van Groningen and Sons—a grower, packer and shipper based inManteca—said perfect weather during the spring led to larger-sized fruit and high brix. Hisgrower-partnersarewrappinguphar- vest in the Imperial Valley, and he said he

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Soon after its 1975 adoption, the access regulation narrowly survived a challenge before the California Supreme Court, and Kavanaugh noted the dissent in that case authored by California Supreme Court JusticeWilliamClark.

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