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[MineralMan]

13. Yes. My late parents owned a citrus and avocado farm,

or "ranch" as people there call it. They sold it just before they died, and I saw the sale through to its completion as their executor. It has already been sold again. The cost of irrigation and other expenses of growing both oranges and avocados have gone up so much that it is now impossible to show anything but a loss for those crops. The lack of rain means irrigation year round, and the water table in the aquifer in that valley has been going down steadily. It is no longer economically feasible to irrigate those crops.

The most recent buyer will almost certainly pull out all of the trees and turn the place into a hobby horse farm. They'll keep a few trees, I suppose, but citrus farming in that area is just about finished. The property had not made any money for several years, and had a negative income for some time.

While everything changes, that area has been a citrus growing area since the late 19th century. No more. An entire crop type will no longer be grown there. Avocados came later, but they, too are no longer profitable in that part of California.

It is a sad thing.