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Cattle Ranchers Lock Horns With Almond Investors

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Almonds have come under fire lately as a particularly water-intensive crop. But it seems they're weathering the drought very well, thank you. The federal Department of Agriculture predicts just a 1 percent drop in this year's lucrative almond harvest. Some of the latest "farmers" to cash in are investors, who are butting heads with cattle ranchers in Stanislaus County.

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