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...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 thought things would drop this far," he said. "I put away a dollar for a rainy day--and that rainy day is here." "We're pretty close to the bottom," conceded Jan Ennenga...
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