date:Jun 06, 2016
ley will be converted to other crops because of unreliable surface water supplies.
Bakersfield-area almond grower Richard Enns agreed the nut remains profitable for many local growers. But he said low prices are tempting owners of older, less productive orchards to consider replanting them with other crops.
It is questionable if they'll go back to almonds, or maybe they'll go to pistachios or table grapes, he said, adding that almond prices will likely rebound once the global economy fully rec