Report: Kern carrot giant Grimmway Farms eyes sale
Grimmway Farms, one of Kern’s largest employers and the world’s biggest producer of carrots, may be up for sale. Mergers …
Agriculture, Bakersfield
Agriculture, View
After delivering on Calif. water, Trump gets no respect from water execs
Trump delivered a master stroke on water. So why would the head of State Water Contractors publicly flip him the bird?
Agriculture, Visalia
2021 World Ag Expo cancelled over coronavirus
For the first time in 52-year history, the global farm show in Tulare will not be held, due to COVID-19.
Agriculture, Highlight
Court slows Resnick push to halt Assemis’ Tulare Co. pistachio plant
The push by the Wonderful Company to expedite the legal process aiming to halt expansion of an Assemi pistachio plant came up short on Tuesday
Agriculture
Legislature kills last-ditch bill with funding for Friant-Kern Canal
In the waning days of session, legislators attempted to throw Friant water users a bone via a wildfire response funding bill.
Agriculture, Highlight, Visalia
Tulare Co. rejects Resnick blitz, backs Assemi’s pistachio plant expansion
The Wonderful Company’s fight with the Assemi family over a pistachio processing plant in Tulare County took a hit on Tuesday.
Agriculture
Water agency approves 7,000-percent cost increase
The failed protest vote to halt a “basin replenishment fee” to meet SGMA requirements puts added pressure on a major business in the high desert.
Agriculture, Fresno
Fresno Co. to declare emergency due to heatwave-driven cow carcass pile-up
Oddly enough, livestock deaths will take center state at the Fresno County Board of Supervisors’ special meeting Tuesday.
Agriculture
Calif. Assembly kills Friant-Kern Canal funding bill
A bill that would have provided the necessary funds to fix the sagging Friant-Kern Canal was killed by the state legislature on Thursday.
Agriculture, Business, Highlight, Visalia
Resnick takes Pistachio War to Tulare, eyes halting another Assemi pistachio plant
The feud between two mammoth players in California pistachios – Stewart Resnick and the Assemi family – has turned to a new location with a familiar fight.