Limoneira completes $1.7M water pumping rights transactions

Santa Paula-based lemon grower Limoneira announced Jan. 23 the successful completion of three water pumping rights transactions in the Santa Paula Basin totaling $1.7 million. The sales, which valued the water pumping rights at $30,000 per acre-foot, underscore the increasing value of water resources in the region and validate the company’s long-term strategy of optimizing Read More →

Calavo ends fiscal year strong, maintains focus on ‘core avocado business’

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Strong avocado sales drive revenue growth for ag companies

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Abel Maldonado on Trump short list for Secretary of Ag

Donald Trump’s return to the White House could also mark the return to the political stage for one of Santa Barbara County’s best-known elected officials. Former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, now a winery owner from Santa Maria, has been shortlisted for the Secretary of Agriculture post, according to reporting from the online publication ProAg and Read More →

Tri-county crop values continue slight ascension

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Houweling’s takes final step out of Ventura County

All of the remaining operations of Houweling’s Camarillo and its proprietor Casey Houwling will leave the Ventura County area before the end of the year as the company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act with the state earlier this month. California’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, or WARN, requires companies to notify Read More →

Calavo completes sale of fresh cut business for $83M

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