Costs cripple California’s leading crop, some almond growers say game over
California almond farms are struggling to pay the bills with low prices for their nuts. Trinitas Farm, an almond farm in Oakdale, filed for bankruptcy in February due to falling almond prices, rising water rates, and high interest rates making it impossible to keep up. Almond farmers that CBS13 spoke with agree but said the biggest driving force of this fallout can be summed up in one word: inflation. “It has now come to the point where I see the end of that coming, of that generational farming,” said Bill Van Ryn, who has an almond farm in San Joaquin County. He said farmers are simply crippled by costs and that is causing some California almond farmers to file for bankruptcy, likely with more to follow.