No commodity is exempt from the drought conditions in California, and avocado growers around the state are adapting the best they can. Central coast growers at the 2014 Avocado and Margaritas Festival said signs of the drought can be found everywhere.
More Avocado Growers Stumping Trees
Cayucos Grower Bill Coy says you see more and more trees in the area stumped and painted white. That is the one advantage for the industry during drought seasons, the ability to stump a tree and bring it back to production in the future.