USDA aid targets peach growers stranded by Del Monte closure

05/06/26 7:08 AM By Brad Hooker

USDA is providing $9 million to help California cling peach growers remove stranded orchards after Del Monte’s bankruptcy and Modesto cannery closure left thousands of acres without a processing market.

Brad Hooker
Sacramento Bureau Chief,
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