An Exeter, North Hampshire, US company is out nearly USD 3,000 in metal valves and stems after thieves struck an orchard near Visalia. Officials from Pinkham Farms called the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department on 02 September 2008 to report that an unknown person removed 35 2in Red Valves with brass stems and 133 3in Red Valves and Fresno Valves from three blocks of orchards in the area.