▲ 28 ▼ California farmers to destroy 420,000 peach trees after Del Monte collapses (www.independent.co.uk) submitted 3 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] brownsugga@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago (1 child) Why don't the farmers just buy the cannery? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] prex@aussie.zone 6 points 3 months ago (2 children) After a court allowed Del Monte to sell its assets, Pacific Coast Producers bought Del Monte's canned fruit business. The company agreed to buy about 24,000 tons of peaches from farmers, but that still leaves about 50,000 tons without a buyer, meaning a large amount of the crop will not be used, according to the Sacramento Bee. Sounds like the cannery only covered a third of peach production? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] krolden@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago So what? They dont have to kill all those trees permalink fedilink source parent [–] brownsugga@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Did not catch that, thank you permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prex@aussie.zone 6 points 3 months ago (2 children) After a court allowed Del Monte to sell its assets, Pacific Coast Producers bought Del Monte's canned fruit business. The company agreed to buy about 24,000 tons of peaches from farmers, but that still leaves about 50,000 tons without a buyer, meaning a large amount of the crop will not be used, according to the Sacramento Bee. Sounds like the cannery only covered a third of peach production? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] krolden@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago So what? They dont have to kill all those trees permalink fedilink source parent [–] brownsugga@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Did not catch that, thank you permalink fedilink source parent
[–] krolden@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago So what? They dont have to kill all those trees permalink fedilink source parent
[–] brownsugga@lemmy.world 1 point 3 months ago Did not catch that, thank you permalink fedilink source parent