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California Producer Keeps its Head Above Water

Published Thursday, April 01, 1999

California's Central Valley has the highest unemployment rate in the state, well above the national average, according to the California Employment Development Department. Its agricultural base has been hard hit by the Asian financial crisis and by unusual weather events this year and last. In Merced, Calif., however, in the center of the valley and about 100 miles southeast of Sacramento, the population is expected to double in the next 20 years, and construction is strong. Ron Turcotte, vice president and general manager of Santa Fe Aggregates, said the market is fairly evenly split between private and public ...

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