BAKERSFIELD, Calif. --- (KBAK/FOX58) Historic floodwaters hammered much of the Central Valley and Kern County this Spring, disrupting the agricultural industry. But how is the industry bouncing back?

Kern County Representative David Valadao (R-CA) is expecting the floods from the Spring to have an impact on farming for some time. Both for farm workers in the Central Valley and his constituents at the supermarket.

"We want to make sure that we have market access or good market prices for our commodities that are still out there," Valadao said. "And we are still struggling on that front."

But the impact of those current high prices may actually be helping farmers rebound from the rough Spring according to Dr. Michael Swanson, the Chief Agricultural Economist for Wells Fargo.

"We suffer the pain of the consumer at the supermarket level and at the restaurant level but it really concentrates the benefit," Swanson said. "It employs people, it pays for housing, it allows people to get new vehicles. So a lot of investment goes along with that."

Swanson said one of Kern County's best crops, almonds, has found new suitors that may have helped continue to keep the crop strong through the flooding.

"Almonds are an interesting development. They have been so good for so long," Swanson said. "We have seen this growth in almonds that has been really beneficial for the industry but it has kind of outstripped domestic demand growth, so we are looking at a global market and we can count on it. We know that China loves almonds, we know that India loves almonds, we know the European Union loves almonds. But at what price and when."

In one of the bluest congressional seats held by a Republican, Valadao knows there is a bigger focus on him and his response to the natural disasters.

"Anything that happens to any of my constituents is going to affect my reelection campaign," Valadao said. "Ultimately, I am elected by them so they have to know that everything I do is helping them as much as I possibly can. Obviously, I cannot control natural disasters but how the federal government responds to that making sure that we are there to be in assistance anywhere possible is important."