1.   It looks pretty bleak for avocado growers here.

2.   Avocado grower Lynette Buchanan-Roth has found herself doing that delicate balancing act.

3.   Like other avocado growers, McManigle cannot simply raise his prices.

4.   The concerns of avocado growers mirror those of farmers and ranchers across power-depleted California.

5.   -- Bill Arneson a Ramona avocado grower concerned about a federal proposal that would lift a ban on importing Mexican avocados.

6.   Avocado growers face difficulties both unique to their industry and common to all farmers.

7.   Many landowners lease their acreage to avocado growers who maintain the orchards on steep terrain.