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...things change, the uncertainty of their futures concerns many California farmers. "This is the worst it's ever been," complained Irwin Effird, 64, who raises mostly grapes on his 2,000-acre spread near Clovis. "I came through the '30s and can remember the problems. But back then the whole country was in the same position, not just farmers." Now there is a glut of domestic raisins and Effird's farm is worth half what it was just three years ago. Pat Ricchioti, 65, a grape and fruit farmer with 3,000 acres near Madera, was also gloomy. "I never...
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