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Ceres plans to raise $6.7 million through public stock offering Dec. 17

By   /  Tuesday, December 15th, 2015  /  Agribusiness, Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Ceres plans to raise $6.7 million through public stock offering Dec. 17

Ceres, a Thousand Oaks-based agriculture-biotechnology company, priced shares at 40 cents each on Dec. 15 for its follow-on public offering on Dec. 17. Ceres plans to raise $6.7 million through the offering, which will be comprised of 600,000 shares of common stock, 6,460 shares of preferred stock convertible into 16,150,000 shares of common stock, and Read More →

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Community acceptance key to affordable housing

By   /  Friday, October 9th, 2015  /  Latest news, Real Estate, Top Stories, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Community acceptance key to affordable housing

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Ventura County Ag Summit panelist: Better processing, distribution needed

By   /  Friday, September 18th, 2015  /  Agribusiness, Latest news, Top Stories, West Ventura County  /  Comments Off on Ventura County Ag Summit panelist: Better processing, distribution needed

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Thousand Oaks’ Ceres sees stock price spike after patent approved

By   /  Wednesday, August 12th, 2015  /  Latest news, Tri-County Public Companies  /  Comments Off on Thousand Oaks’ Ceres sees stock price spike after patent approved

Ceres, a Thousand Oaks based agriculture-biotechnology company, saw shares spike 373 percent Wednesday after the company received a patent for its iCODE multi-gene trait development system. Ceres shares started the day at just 95 cents per share, and soared all the way to $4.80 when the markets opened at 6:30 a.m. PST. Ceres closed the Read More →

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California agriculture to lose $1 billion in 2015 due to drought

By   /  Friday, June 5th, 2015  /  Agribusiness, Columns, Latest news, Small Business, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy, Wine & Viticulture  /  Comments Off on California agriculture to lose $1 billion in 2015 due to drought

A study by the California Department of Food and Agriculture and researchers at UC Davis estimates that agriculture across the state may see as much as $1 billion lost in gross revenue through 2015 as the drought continues and groundwater supplies are further depleted. “The 2015 drought is not as severe as initially anticipated, but Read More →

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Farming feels the chill: 2015 ag forecast looks beyond drought

By   /  Friday, January 9th, 2015  /  Agribusiness, Latest news, Top Stories, Tri-County Economy  /  Comments Off on Farming feels the chill: 2015 ag forecast looks beyond drought

With frost advisories at the start of this year already keeping many tri-county growers on their toes, the agricultural community across the region is hoping for a rainier, greener year.

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Virginia REIT targets Central Coast ag land

By   /  Friday, November 14th, 2014  /  Agribusiness, Latest news, Top Stories  /  Comments Off on Virginia REIT targets Central Coast ag land

  Even in the face of the worst drought in decades, investing in California agricultural land is a hot real estate strategy for institutional investors. Land values continue to rise along with the rents, and REITs, or real estate investment trusts, are looking more to the shrinking supply of farmland for better-than-average fixed income returns. Read More →

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