Processing tomato fields were bedded up and fumigated in preparation for planting. Spring lettuce , garlic , and onion fields were growing slowly. Navel oranges were picked and packed. Domestic sales continued to be slow. Fruit is on the small side, large fruit is hard to find.
Maturity is still a problem, even in the old line Washington navels.
Oranges and lemons were exported to the Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea. Feed lots were at 88 percent of capacity. Rangeland conditions were poor because of the lack of rain. Some ranchers have had to provide supplemental feed and truck water to their stock. Beehives were treated to control varroa mites.