Washington, March 13 -- Rep. Mike Thompson issued the following press release:
Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-04), Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Rep. David Valadao (R-CA-22) led a bipartisan group of 38 colleagues to request Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins issue assistance to peach farmers in Yuba and Sutter Counties. Following the closure of Del Monte processing facility in Modesto, countless peach growers in the region are facing widespread contract cancellations and lack a viable path to mitigate their losses.
"The Del Monte facility processed a substantial share of the state's canned fruit production, including more than 30 percent of California peaches. With no comparable alternative processing capacity available, producer...