Less concern for California winegrape growers amid Trump tariffs

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Many successful the ag manufacture interest the Trump administration's tariffs could effect successful the nonaccomplishment of immoderate overseas markets.

Jeff Bitter of Allied Grape Growers says section winegrape producers don't stock the aforesaid concerns arsenic different farmers erstwhile it comes to the projected tariffs.

"For California growers, the tariff contented isn't arsenic large a interest arsenic successful wide accumulation agriculture due to the fact that astir of the vino produced successful California is really shipped domestically," helium said.

Allied Grape Growers is simply a cooperative selling radical that represents 500 growers astir the state.

Bitter says conscionable 10% of the state's winegrape accumulation gets shipped retired of the country.

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Wine drinkers mightiness springiness much California wines a effort if selections from France and different countries spot a terms spike arsenic a effect of tariffs.

"Potentially, it could origin immoderate wines to go higher successful price, import wines, truthful radical mightiness look to home options instead," Bitter said.

Wine consumption, though, has dipped since the pandemic.

We person seen immoderate Valley winegrape growers propulsion retired their vines due to the fact that of the decreased demand.

Bitter says the California vino manufacture wide needs to trim acreage truthful growers tin get a amended terms for their crop.

"Last year, we removed astir 37,500 acres," helium said. "In the past 2 years, we removed astir 60,000 acres, which is astir 4 times the size of Manhattan."

The inclination mightiness continue.

Bitter adds much than 400,000 1000 tons of grapes did not get harvested past twelvemonth due to the fact that determination was not a marketplace for the crop.

Bitter was precocious successful Washington, DC, to speech astir the industry's enactment of tariffs to assistance guarantee California wines are not undercut by cheaper imports.

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