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Filing: Major farming player tried facilitating $70mil bid for Touchstone Pistachios’ Tulare Co. plant
Before a mad-scramble of failed joint and independent bids materialized from other pistachio players, a member of the Assemi family sought to facilitate a drastically-higher bid for the family's Terra Bella plant.
Controversy hits Touchstone Pistachio’s Tulare Co. plant sale. Who won the auction?
The court-ordered overseer of Touchstone Pistachios juggled last-minute bids to buy the company's Terra Bella processing plant.
Gerawan sues Maine pension system for details behind Prima Wawona’s collapse, bankruptcy
Prima Wawona, the one-time largest peach producer in the world, financially rotted in the few years after private equity players took control. A former owner wants to know how.
Setton Farms bids to take over Touchstone Pistachio plant
With an 80-acre processing facility already in the fold, Setton Farms wants to expand its operations in Terra Bella to acquire the Touchstone facility through liquidation.
U.S. Ag Secretary appoints Aubrey Bettencourt to senior post
Bettencourt is returning to the Trump administration to lead the NRCS.
California Ag is pioneering a new era of innovation, resilience
San Joaquin Valley farms are buoyed by the reduction of administrative burdens courtesy of policy changes in Washington. But this new era is marked by increased innovation on the part of farmers, too, writes William Bourdeau.
Kings watershed snowpack measures less than last year
Water supplies in the Kings watershed are below last year’s count, even as California’s snowpack as a whole has made up ground to come in close to average for the season’s peak.
Costa seeks to expand access to dairy in SNAP
People who are on food stamps would have greater access to dairy products under a new bipartisan bill that is being considered by Congress.
Reclamation boosts Central Valley water supply
Agricultural water contractors are going to receive more of their contracted water than they originally expected.
River Park Farmers Market celebrates milestone moment
The farmers market has had to cut down to one-day a week but still has dozens of events scheduled for the year.
