Eminent domain suits clear way for Ventura County brine line
The Calleguas Municipal Water District has filed eminent-domain lawsuits against four Ventura County property owners to make way for a massive brine pipeline that will help parts of the county import less water from outside the region.
Limoneira operating income jumps 35% on higher lemon prices
Santa Paula-based fruit grower Limoneira Co.’s second-quarter profits fell 16.7 percent to $2 million despite higher revenue and operating income. The earnings decrease was affected by Limoneira’s sale last year of 165,000 shares of Santa Paula-based Calavo Growers, a transaction that netted a $3.1 million gain in the second quarter of 2013. Limoneira’s earnings per Read More →
Calavo shares rally on record Q2 profits
Shares of produce marketer Calavo Growers surged more than 7 percent in midday trading on Monday as the firm’s second-quarter profits surged 205 percent to $6.7 million, setting a quarterly earnings record.
Mission Produce to deliver corporate campus in Oxnard
As sales plump up at Oxnard-based avocado marketer Mission Produce, the company has started construction on a new 20-acre corporate campus.
Ceres plans to license corn-derived gene patent
Thousand Oaks-based energy crop firm Ceres has been granted a patent on a gene sequence derived from corn and plans to license the patent to big seed companies.
Counting crops: Linkfresh makes planning software for food firms
A Ventura company is bringing the same kind of sophisticated software that global manufacturers use to run their businesses to the fresh food industry.
Spilling the beans on Ventura County’s lima legacy
Before there were strawberries, lemons and avocados, the lima bean dominated agriculture on Ventura County’s coastal plain for nearly a century.
