Calavo shares rally on record Q2 profits
Shares of produce marketer Calavo Growers surged more than 7 percent in midday trading on Monday as the firm’s second-quarter profits surged 205 percent to $6.7 million, setting a quarterly earnings record.
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Mission Produce to deliver corporate campus in Oxnard
As sales plump up at Oxnard-based avocado marketer Mission Produce, the company has started construction on a new 20-acre corporate campus.
Read More →Ceres plans to license corn-derived gene patent
Thousand Oaks-based energy crop firm Ceres has been granted a patent on a gene sequence derived from corn and plans to license the patent to big seed companies.
Read More →Counting crops: Linkfresh makes planning software for food firms
A Ventura company is bringing the same kind of sophisticated software that global manufacturers use to run their businesses to the fresh food industry.
Read More →Spilling the beans on Ventura County’s lima legacy
Before there were strawberries, lemons and avocados, the lima bean dominated agriculture on Ventura County’s coastal plain for nearly a century.
Read More →Location, location is key to drought outlook for region’s vintners
California’s production of wine grapes is likely to decline this year after record yields in 2012 and 2013, but it’s uncertain whether the booming Central Coast will join in the slide.
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