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Modesto Del Monte plant closure slams local farmers, growers lose $550M in peaches alone
Modesto Del Monte plant closure slams local farmers, growers lose $550M in peaches alone
Del Monte grower
Teisy Zavala-Cortez /The Modesto Focus Escalon farmer Richard Lial stands in his blooming peach orchard, whose fruit had been destined for Modesto's Del Monte processing plant before the company announced the site will close this spring.
ESCALON — By this time of year, Richard Lial’s Escalon peach trees – bursting with pink-white blossoms – should have been pruned. e. Contact him at garth@cvlocaljournalism.org.