Water availability bolsters Fresno crop values
… Cotton wasn’t the only minor crops among Fresno’s cornucopia of commodities to do well in 2023. … [Ryan Jacobsen, CEO, Fresno County Farm Bureau] also serves as president of the board for Fresno Irrigation District. He knows water issues in his county. He said 2023 had the potential to be even greater for farmers as the previous year was beset by drought, and 2023 saw record rain and snowpack. “It’s important to look at what water means to our county,” he said. “You obviously had exaggerations of water supply from 2022 into 2023.”According to Jacobsen, the late season water availability greatly aided in the planting of fall lettuce – a transition for growers as lettuce harvest is ending in the Salinas Valley but has not yet started in the deserts of southern California and southwest Arizona.
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