The company says the plant will shut down on April 7, eliminating about 600 full-time jobs and roughly 1,200 seasonal positions.
According to the California Canning Peach Association, growers who supply Del Monte typically operate under contracts that can last a decade or more, providing stability for crops that take years to establish.
The association says the nearest cannery, Pacific Coast Producers, plans to rely instead on one-year cash contracts to maximize production at its existing facilities.
"The few farmers that I know that still have them, it will definitely impact them, especially several of them have got younger trees," Loritelli said. "Now they really have a dilemma whether they continue growing them up to maturity with no market or pulling them, and they spend a lot of money on planting them."
Stanislaus County Agricultural Commissioner Linda Pinfold said growers in Northern California counties such as Yuba and Sutter, where many cling peaches are now grown, are particularly concerned about losing a major processing facility.
Loritelli said that uncertainty is part of farming, but losing a major processor can make those risks even greater.
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