Rain impacts on farming communities across the valley

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- Many farm grounds across the valley floor are saturated, keeping some farmworkers out of most fields for the past week.

However, consistent rain across the Valley floor this past week has mostly been welcomed by local growers.

"We need that rain to help restore the ground water, put some moisture back into the soil and get some snow up into the mountains so we can start storing up water for next year," says John Chandler, who farms almonds, citrus, and wine grapes.

Chandler says almonds and grapes are already harvested so the rain has minimal impact.

But for citrus, it's a different story.

"The citrus is still on the tree and some of the early citrus is getting ready to harvest, so it may slow down the harvest for a little bit but other than that this