California’s Central Valley is home to the raisin capital of the world, but now farmers are ripping up tens of thousands of acres of vines, as the American market for the dried fruit has itself dried up. Photo/Video: Jake Nicol/The Wall Street JournalMADERA, Calif.—Michael Naito strode between rows of gnarled, 90-year-old grapevines on a recent afternoon and declared he would soon rip them out and replace them with a more profitable crop. “These vines were here all the time I’ve been here,” said Mr. Naito, 47 years old, who grew up on the family farm. “There comes a time where you have to decide whether you’re going to continue to farm and make a living at it or not.”...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 22, 2017 13:00 UTC