Limoneira lost $3.1M in Q1
Limoneira Co., a Santa Paula-based lemon grower and land developer, reported a wider first-quarter loss on March 12 despite higher revenue. Limoneira lost $3.1 million in the first quarter of 2013, compared to a $2.8 million loss a year earlier. The company pinned the wider loss on lower lemon prices and the seasonality of its Read More →

East Area I project looks to 2014 with annexation into Santa Paula

Limoneira Co.’s 1,500-home mixed-use project has been in the works since 2004.
Limoneira to raise $40M in common stock offering
Limoneira Co., the Santa Paula-based agribusiness company with 8,200 acres of real estate and farm land, has announced plans to offer an additional 1.8 million shares of common stock. If successful, the sale would raise about $40 million for Limoneira and increase its total shares outstanding to about 13.25 million. Limoneira’s traded shares, or “float,” Read More →
Limoneira predicts bumper crop
The 2012 season holds the promise of record or near-record crops for citrus and avocado growers in the Tri-Counties. That’s the view from the mid-year update from Limoneira Co., one of the region’s largest producers. Limoneira CEO Harold Edwards said in Santa Paula on June 26 that the company’s expanded lemon operations mean that it Read More →
Editorial: Green waste proposal calls for fresh thinking
When it comes to reinventing the Central Coast’s economy around renewable energy technologies, new rules need to be written — and some adjustments will be inevitable. That’s part of the reason it’s important for the Ventura County Board of Supervisors to carefully look over a proposal to change the text of the county’s coastal zone Read More →

Limoneira’s massive East Area projects ready for final steps

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