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			By Jorge Mercado  /  Thursday, July 7th, 2022  /  Agribusiness, Higher Education, Latest news, Regions, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, Top Stories, Top Story, Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Cal Poly professors tackle agricultural supply chain problems
			
			 
			
			In 2019, Cyrus Ramezani, a professor at the Orfalea School of Business at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, was studying the effects on the agricultural industry of new tariffs on exports to China. That disruption was small compared to what came next, as the COVID-19 pandemic shook up supply chains around the world and then Read More →
			
	        
		 
		
		
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			By Jorge Mercado  /  Thursday, February 17th, 2022  /  Agribusiness, Latest news, left, Subscriber content, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on With Mexican avocado imports suspended, California growers must step up
			
			 
			
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			By Jorge Mercado  /  Monday, January 31st, 2022  /  Latest news, left, Subscriber content, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on FedEx steers around LA port traffic by landing its own vessel at Port of Hueneme
			
			 
			
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			By Tony Biasotti  /  Monday, November 22nd, 2021  /  Latest news, left, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Port of Hueneme uses Navy wharf to ease cargo congestion
			
			 
			
			The Port of Hueneme and Naval Base Ventura County have activated a joint-use agreement that allows the port to use part of the adjacent naval base to increase its capacity and help relieve the nation’s stressed supply chains. The joint-use agreement, which dates to 2002, allows for commercial use of Wharf 3 at Naval Base Read More →
			
	        
		 
		
		
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			By Guest commentary  /  Friday, November 19th, 2021  /  Latest news, Op/Eds, Opinion  /  Comments Off on Opinion: Exploring the economic ties between old world and new
			
						
			By John Chamberlain The European economy is one of the largest on Earth, and it is also one of the richest regions as measured by assets under management, with over $32.7 trillion. The European Union’s GDP was estimated to be around $15 trillion in 2020, representing around one-sixth of the global economy. The euro is Read More →
			
	        
		 
		
		
		
		
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			By Jorge Mercado  /  Thursday, October 15th, 2020  /  Latest news, Tri-County Economy, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Port of Hueneme reports strong comeback from pandemic shutdowns
			
			 
			
			Business at the Port of Hueneme has exceeded its management’s expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic, port officials said Oct.15 at the Oxnard Chamber of Commerce’s annual “State of the Port” address. When the shutdown started in March, all 10 of the automobiles manufacturers that use the port stopped production of cars. The auto-cargo industry accounts Read More →