Limoneira stock soared as hurricane hit Florida
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Our view: Dole Food layoffs loom over Ventura County
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Limoneira reports revenues up but net income down
Santa Paula citrus producer and real estate investment company Limoneira reported on Sept. 11 a slight increase in revenues for its third quarter, ended July 31, but a drop in net income to $7.7 million, or 52 cents per share. Avocado production fell by nearly half, since the crop bears in alternate years, but declines Read More →
Cal Poly SLO gets funding to study strawberry plants, teach communications
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo announced Sept. 8 that it received a grant to teach environmental science communications a day after the university’s strawberry center was included in a $4.5 million study to find disease resistance in strawberry plants. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded professors Yi-Wen Chiu and Jason Peters $140,000 over three years to pilot the new curriculum, Read More →
Tri-county grape harvest yields lower but quality is good
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Revenues up at Calavo Growers but net income down
Calavo Growers reported a 15 percent increase in its third quarter revenues but net income fell to $8.8 million, or 50 cents per share, down from $12.7 million and 73 cents per share for the previous third quarter. The Santa Paula company’s Renaissance Food Group saw a 24 percent increase in revenue, but cost of Read More →
Tri-county labor shortage leaves fields unharvested
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