Palm reading: Outlook for area growers uncertain
Farmers who grow palm trees and other potted plants across the Tri-Counties are the latest victims of the downtrodden economy.
Pumpkinomics 101: Fall fruits prove to be value crops
While the East Coast is suffering from a pumpkin shortage, Central Coast crops are going strong.
Windset Farms readies first tomato crop
Windset Farms’ 3 million-square-foot greenhouse — one of the largest hothouse tomato facilities in the United States — is up and running in Santa Maria. The first crop of tomatoes will be ready for picking in mid-October, Windset President Steven Newell said on Friday. The tomatoes were planted in August in what Newell calls “Greenhouse Read More →
Deardorff Family Farms builds $10M green building in Oxnard
Deardorff Family Farms in Oxnard is spending more than $10 million on a new 115,000-square-foot facility designed to become green-building certified.
Calavo Growers’ Q3 profits bruised
Food marketer Calavo Growers saw earnings slide 54.4 percent to $2.7 million, or 18 cents per diluted share, despite higher revenues in the third quarter, it said Sept. 7. Its profits were constrained by high fruit costs in its fresh foods segment and a smaller supply of fresh avocadoes, it said, although sales jumped 44 Read More →
Ventura County runoff rules on horizon
New stormwater regulations for Ventura County are scheduled to take effect this fall, marking the final test of whether rules that building advocates call the strictest in Southern California will grind to a halt commercial and industrial development.
B and H Flowers files for Ch. 11
B and H Flowers is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a face-off with one of the world’s largest banks.
