Tri-county flower growers cut out the middleman
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Brown signs overtime bill for agriculture workers
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law the controversial Assembly Bill 1066, which phases in overtime pay for agriculture workers over four years starting in 2019. “This is very just,” said Rosario Castañeda, who has been an hourly strawberry worker in Oxnard for several years. “They owe us a lot. This is a just struggle, Read More →
Limoneira’s third quarter revenues grow
Limoneira reported revenue increases for the third quarter of 2016, primarily from higher-than-expected sales and prices of its avocados. Revenues for the Santa Paula agribusiness and real estate development company grew 34 percent compared to the third quarter last year, from $29.8 million to $39.9 million, mirroring 35 percent growth in its agribusiness revenue to Read More →
Calavo Growers grew income in third quarter
Santa Paula-based Calavo Growers followed record highs last quarter with a 47.5 percent increase in net income for the third quarter of 2016, the company reported Sept. 7. Income rose to $12.7 million for the quarter, compared to $8.6 million for the same period last year, and earnings per diluted share rose to 73 cents, Read More →
Windset Farms growing its Santa Maria operations
The Santa Maria City Council will consider a development agreement with Windset Farms to add two greenhouses on 40 acres of its 220-acre Black Road property. The expansion includes the construction of an 88,000-square foot grading, packing and cooling facility. If approved Sept. 9, the development agreement will also include a deferral of road construction Read More →
Brown should not sign farmworker overtime bill
With the farmworker overtime pay bill headed to Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk, we’re writing to warn that many of the quick fixes to contemporary problems are not what they appear to be. In a year where Bernie Sanders ignited the Democratic Party with his appeal to the issue of social injustice, the impulse to seize Read More →
Burning up the budget
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