Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. All News Sport Culture Lifestyle Del Monte permanently shut its Modesto and Hughson canneries following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing (Local Library) Central California peach farmers are preparing to destroy approximately 420,000 clingstone peach trees after Del Monte Foods closed its canneries earlier this year. Del Monte permanently shut its Modesto and Hughson canneries following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, leaving farmers without 20-year contracts and facing an estimated $550 million in lost revenue, according to the Sacramento Bee. Senator Adam Schiff and Representatives Mike Thompson and David Valadao announced up to $9 million in federal aid for affected growers in response to the crisis. The emergency assistance will help farmers remove about 3,000 acres of clingstone peach orchards before the upcoming harvest season.…