Bankruptcy of beloved canned fruit company forces destruction of thousands of peach treesPublished: May. 11, 2026, 7:10 p.m.Peach trees being destroyedLast year's bankruptcy has created ripple effects in agriculture, with thousands of peach trees now slated for removal as the company reorganizes. (MLive filephoto) (Nico Mendoza | MLive.com)By Matt Durr | mattdurr@mlive.comCentral California peach farmers are preparing to uproot approximately 420,000 clingstone peach trees after Del Monte Foods permanently closed its processingfacilities in Modesto and Hughson in April. The closures come as part of Del Monte’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.The closures have left growers with few options to sell their crops, prompting federal lawmakers to secure up to $9 million in emergency aid to help farmersremove roughly 3,000 acres of orchards before the upcoming harvest season begins in late May.Sen. Adam Schiff and Reps. Mike Thompson and David Valadao announced the funding last week, according to the Independent. Officials said pulling about 50,000tons of peaches from production will reduce market oversupply and prevent an estimated $30 million in additional losses for farmers.Del Monte, a 139-year-old canned fruit and vegetable company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in July. The closures have eliminated jobs for hundreds of workersand stranded local growers who held 20-year contracts with the company. According to the Sacramento Bee, farmers face an estimated $550 million in lostrevenue.“For generations, Central Valley family farms have relied on Del Monte’s Modesto facility to process their peaches,” Valadao said in a statement.Pacific Coast Producers recently purchased Del Monte’s canned fruit business through a court-approved asset sale, but the company has only agreed to buy24,000 tons of peaches from local farmers. That leaves approximately 50,000 tons of this year’s crop without a buyer.
>>22015845>thousands of trees producing the shitty canning peach variety will be destroyedGood. so nothing of value will be lost. Frees up more fields and orchards for crops and fruits that people actually want instead of utilizing billions of gallons of water to produce shit fruits that's gonna be sent oversea for canning not even creating jobs in the region they're grown in. Fuck private equities tho, they kill everything they touch.
California just can’t stop winning!
>>22015845>reduce market oversupplyIf farmers are too successful with their crops, it causes supply to exceed demand and as a result tthey get paid to destroy food. Mountains of oranges left to rot and sprayed with kerosene so no one can have them for free. This is what The Grapes of Wrath was about.
>>22015845>Officials said pulling about 50,000tons of peaches from production will reduce market oversupplyVery dad coded, they should save those peaches for their 100 million kids.But seriously I love peaches, they should freeze them and sell bulk sliced peaches (to me)
stop growing shitty flavorless peaches>grow peaches with no flavor cuz you grow for quantity>have to add lots of sugar to make them palatable>americans stop buying cuz diabeetusbombs>go out of business>OMG THE POOR HECKIN' FARMERSdid you taste your own peaches?
>>22015979why didnt she just tell her husband she wanted to save it for the kids if she didnt want him to eat it
>>22016029women think weird.I buy things all the time and tell my wife they are for both of us. my wife won't eat the thing because she knows I like the thing a lot even if she likes the thing a lot.conversely my wife will buy a thing and that I don't particularly care for but don't hate. she will then let it sit in the fridge till it is about to go bad. I will assume that she didn't actually want it, and either eat it, or throw it away (if it is moldy or something). she will then get upset that I ate it or threw it away. sometimes she makes something and I eat some of it and she gets mad because it wasn't for me it was for someone else. so the next time I don't eat the thing and she will ask why am I not eating it? I thought it was for someone else. no silly it was for us.
>>22015845Wow, the Del Monte brand has been around ever since I can remember. We used to get their ketchup and canned products when I was a kid, and I still buy their ketchup today. Never thought they'd be in trouble.
>>22015850*Data center
will they stop selling unlabeled clingstone peaches in stores now?
>>22016849Absolutely not lol, the government of California is paying farmers to destroy the trees and plant more valuable crops in their place. Stuff like nuts and produce.
how does Del Monte go bankrupt? They are the Windows of fruit.
PEACHES CUM FROM A CANTHEY WERE PUT THERE BY A MAN
>>22016918private equity, dear.
>>22016929Elaborate, or forever be branded a retard
>>22015979They both look like men
>>22017108google it my dear boy.
>>22017203retard then, got it
>>22015865Shut up, commie.
