content: Securities and Exchange Commission
                 Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  
                        Form 8-K
  
                     Current Report
  
  
         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
            Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
   Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                   December 20, 1996
  
  
  
                Cadiz Land Company, Inc.
   (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
  
  
                        Delaware
     (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
  
               0-12114                      77-0313235
    (Commission File Number)    (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  10535 Foothill Boulevard, Suite 150, Rancho Cucamonga, CA    91730
        (Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip Code)
  
  
  
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (909) 980-2738
  
  
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  ITEM 8.        CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR
                 
                 On December 20, 1996, the Registrant determined to change its
                 fiscal year end from March 31 to December 31.  This change is
                 intended to align the Registrant's fiscal year end with that of 
                 its wholly-owned Sun World International, Inc. subsidiary ("Sun
                 World").  The report covering the resulting transition period
                 between March 31, 1996 and December 31, 1996 will be filed by
                 the Registrant on Form 10-K.
  
  
                       Signatures
  
  
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,  the
  Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
  
                                          Cadiz Land Company, Inc.
                                                 (Registrant)
  
  
  
                                          By:  /s/ Susan K. Chapman
                                              ----------------------
                                               Susan K. Chapman
                                               Chief Financial Officer
  
  Dated:  December 26, 1996
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text: Securities and Exchange Commission
                 Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                        Form 8-K
  
                     Current Report
  
         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
            Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
   Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
                   December 20, 1996
  
                Cadiz Land Company, Inc.
   (Exact name of issuer as specified in its charter)
  
                        Delaware
     (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
  
               0-12114                      77-0313235
    (Commission File Number)    (IRS Employer Identification No.)
  10535 Foothill Boulevard, Suite 150, Rancho Cucamonga, CA    91730
        (Address of principal executive offices)             (Zip Code)
  
  Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (909) 980-2738
  ITEM 8.        CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR
                 
                 On December 20, 1996, the Registrant determined to change its
                 fiscal year end from March 31 to December 31.  This change is
                 intended to align the Registrant's fiscal year end with that of 
                 its wholly-owned Sun World International, Inc. subsidiary ("Sun
                 World").  The report covering the resulting transition period
                 between March 31, 1996 and December 31, 1996 will be filed by
                 the Registrant on Form 10-K.
  
                       Signatures
  
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,  the
  Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                          Cadiz Land Company, Inc.
                                                 (Registrant)
  
                                          By:  /s/ Susan K. Chapman
                                              ----------------------
                                               Susan K. Chapman
                                               Chief Financial Officer
  
  Dated:  December 26, 1996