date:Jan 07, 2022
Kern County almond growers are facing logistical headaches this year. Industry experts say port congestion, combined with a shortage of truck drivers and other supply-chain problems, are frustrating farmers and processors working to get their product to overseas consumers.
The latest official estimates say California's 2021 almond crop was about 10 percent smaller in the crop year that ended August 1 as compared with twelve months earlier. That decrease in volume would normally suggest prices t