CCM’s Nelsen to continue talking up fruit trade
Longtime CEO of California Citrus Mutual Joel Nelsen continues 12-year stint on USDA’s Fruit & Vegetable Trade Advisory Committee @TheSunGazette EXETER – A longtime Tulare County crop [...]
Casey Creamer takes over top spot at California Citrus Mutual
@TheSunGazette EXETER – The search for California Citrus Mutual’s next President and CEO is over. This Monday CCM announced the appointment of Casey Creamer to fill the shoes of Joel Nelsen who [...]
The citrus industry in has faced minimal negative impacts from shutdown, at least for now
@TheSunGazette EXETER – The now historically long government shutdown has left the citrus industry taking inventory of its impacts. Altogether, California Citrus Mutual (CCM), based in Exeter, [...]
California Citrus Mutual president and board chair offer endorsement to gubernatorial candidate Antonio Villaraigosa
@TheSunGazette EXETER – California Citrus Mutual (CCM) believes they’ll have a friend in Sacramento after an industry round table meeting in Clovis with gubernatorial candidate Antonio [...]
CCM concerned over Chinese tariffs
CCM president Joel Nelsen says 15% tariff by Chinese government on U.S. fruits will assuredly have impact on citrus producers @TheSunGazette EXETER – Over the last decade farmers have had to [...]
Growers encouraged that citrus crop is left unharmed in face of late season freeze last week
@TheSunGazette EXETER – Farmers sometimes welcome the freezing cold. In appropriate amounts, a winter freeze can actually make citrus all that more appealing because it increases the sugar in the [...]