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Christine Ivory Sutter County

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YUBA-SUTTER AREA CONTRIBUTES TO GROWTH OF CALIFORNIA’S WALNUT INDUSTRY

By Kiran Black

he local walnut harvest is underway.

The Yuba-Sutter area accounted for 12% of California’s walnut production last year and is home to a number of walnut processors, including Sacramento Valley Walnut Growers.

Sacramento Valley Walnut Growers (SVWG) was established by a small group of local farmers in 2006 who wanted to contribute to the local community. Since that time, the company has developed a solid reputation for quality and ships both inshell and walnut kernels to over 25 markets. Growing demand for the SVWG brand has allowed the company to start purchasing and marketing walnuts from other growers as well. Buyers of SVWG walnuts can include the retail sector, bakeries, industrial users making ice cream or protein bars and even restaurants.

In September, USDA’s Agricultural Statistics Service announced the forecast for California’s 2021 walnut crop at 670,000 in-shell short tons, down 15% from last year’s record of 785,000 tons.

The estimate takes the California crop back to levels seen in 2016 and 2018. While we won’t know the final crop size for some time, so far, it looks like harvest results are in line with the forecast.

Howard and Tulare harvest is complete; those varieties combined represent about 30% of the state’s production. The Chandler variety represents 60% of California’s crop and as of this writing, the Chandler harvest is still underway with wet weather in the late October forecast. Growers, hullers, truckers and processors

are all hustling to get walnuts delivered before quality impacts their marketability.

The California walnut industry moved a record volume in the marketing year ending August 2021 despite uncertainties created by COVID and ocean shipping.

In the face of growing competition from Chinese walnuts, California walnuts are recognized around the world for their quality, versatility, health attributes and great taste. Last year, 34% of the industry’s shipments were to the domestic market. The balance went to export markets where Germany, Turkey, Japan, Korea and Spain make-up the top 5 destinations.

With 66% of the crop being exported, the functioning of the world’s ports are of critical importance to the California walnut industry. Supply chain disruptions are now mainstream news and ocean shipping challenges are impacting nearly all consumer goods. The unprecedented influx of imports into the LA/Long Beach port complex is certainly creating challenges for all US west coast exporters, including the walnut industry.

While last year was a disappointing year for growers, there is optimism for the 2021 crop. The growing consumer interest in walnuts has supported the doubling of the California walnut production in the last 15 years and health messaging is resonating. The long term outlook for walnuts remains strong.

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Dairy and Almond Groups Partner on Healthy Soils Research With Pacific Nut Producers C

C Davis researchers are evaluating the use of pelletized compost made from dairy manure and almond tree twigs, to create safe, pathogen-free, value-added amendments to boost soil health.

Building healthy soils has tremendous benefits. Increasing the amount of organic matter within the soil can improve water retention and protection, reduce erosion, sequester carbon, and improve crop yields.

Increasing water scarcity and severe drought conditions make boosting soil resilience an even greater priority for California. Researchers are exploring how the environmental benefits of healthy soils initiatives can extend even further when readily available agricultural resources are used in regenerative ways.

A team of UC Davis researchers, led by Dr. Ruihong Zhang, has recycled dairy manure and almond twig waste into a nutrient-rich, safe, organic soil amendment. The new product was created and applied, and its effects continue to be studied.

The idea is that the woody material can capture nutrients in the manure and slowly release them, as needed, into the soil. Because the product is also pelletized, it can be applied to croplands and orchards with standard farm equipment. Ultimately, the researchers hope to create a new model for using recycled agricultural resources to sequester carbon and provide benefits to the soil, crops, and the environment.

The partnership was a natural fit, as the Central Valley is home to many neighboring dairy farms and almond orchards, which have a long history of 2

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collaboration. Dairies are already major consumers of almond co-products, including hulls (used as a highly nutritious feed ingredient) and shells (used as a bedding material). With a goal of achieving zero waste by 2025, the California almond community has been actively investigating a

wide variety of ways to utilize woody biomass, including twigs, pruned branches, and tree removals. Meanwhile, the dairy community has been exploring ways to expand use of manure nutrients across California’s diverse agricultural landscape.

“Creating valuable manure-based soil amendments is an area that the dairy sector has been focusing on, but there are some challenges,” said Denise Mullinax, Executive Director of the California Dairy Research Foundation

(CDRF). “We know that farmers want a soil amendment with a consistent and reliable nutrient profile. It also needs to be easy to transport and apply. That’s why we are thrilled to support this team of esteemed researchers and to partner with the almond industry on this project.

Together, we’re piloting a new avenue to enhance the benefits of both manure and woody biomass.”

The initial project was funded by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)’s Healthy Soils Program. As the project scope grew, the researchers were awarded additional funding from the demonstration category of CDFA’s Alternative Manure Management Program. With supplemental support from the CDRF and the Almond Board of California, the research project developed to include a team of more than 20 individuals— including researchers, farmers, and industry collaborators—contributing throughout a three-year timeframe. The project includes two seasons of creating soil amendments and applying them to the orchard, and three years of studying effects on soil health, emissions, tree health, and crop yield, while ensuring food safety.

Using composted manure from Wickstrom Dairies, the study will shine a light for future research on expanding and improving manure utilization. Like many California dairies, the farm uses a separator system to remove solids from liquid manure streams. The solids are then sun dried in rows that are turned over periodically, as a form of composting. Dried manure solids are traditionally used for bedding or are applied to dairy forage fields. For this

study, a portion of the finer manure solids were co-composted with twigs from almond production and then ran through a pelletizer. Pelletizing the compost is intended to provide a more consistent blend, while creating an easy-to-use product. The pelletized compost product has now been applied to the pilot orchard for two consecutive seasons. Four treatments were used to examine differences in manure-only verses manuretwig and pelletized versus nonpelletized compost products.

“We look forward to seeing the final results,” said Mullinax.

“Dr. Zhang and her team are demonstrating that it’s possible to make a pelletized product that is safe and easy to use, while fully assessing the environmental benefits. It’s projects like this that will pave the way for implementing advanced nutrient management on a larger scale, greatly enhancing soil health and further improving water conservation and protection.”

The research team highlighted the project by providing a virtual field day, and they plan to host another outreach event this fall. Research is scheduled to conclude in March 2022. However, longer-term effects on soil health will continue to be studied. And the final report will only be the beginning of more learnings to come.

Potential research areas to be explored next include applications on different kinds of crops, comparing a pelletized versus granulated product, and using varying types of dairy manure solids (from different types of separators, settling basins, and lagoon solids).

Additionally, the use of infrared

technology versus composting will be explored prior to pelletization or granulation. All options will also need to be assessed for cost-effectiveness and potential scalability.

The manure-twig project is part of a broader, collaborative effort to expand manure’s role in healthy soils. California dairy farmers will continue to work with researchers, state officials, and other agricultural professionals to find more ways to maximize manure’s role in building healthy soils and protecting our air, water, and climate. The possibilities for sustainable solutions are bright when farmers and scientists come together to make new use of existing resources and technologies.

California dairy farmers will continue partnering to help make an underutilized resource an important part of a healthy-soil future.

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The 4-H Impact – Why Participate in 4-H? Not only do 4-H’ers learn about responsibility, civic enagement, and project specific content, our 4-H programs and projects have positive short and long term outcomes for our youth and communities.

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Youth participating in the in-school 4-H Water Wizards program report using less water following participation in the program.

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Have cool skills you want to share? Looking for ways to serve the local community?

4-H welcomes adults who want to share their skills as Project Volunteers, Event Chaperones, help with event planning, and more. Volunteer opportunities vary based on your interest!

The FOUR H’s – Head-Heart-HandsHealth are the cornerstone of the program and Emma believes they have “taught her to use her HEAD for Interested in signing your child up for 4-H? Teachers participating in the self-reliance, self-assurance, public 4-H is now enrolling! Youth may join in-school 4-H Embryology in the speaking, life skills, problem solving, projects which interest them and may Classroom report students having a service-learning, critical thinking, and join as many projects as they wish. more pronounced appreciation for goal setting. It has taught her to use her Youth wishing to show livestock at the life after seeing the chicks hatch.

HEART to have empathy, cooperation, Yuba-Sutter Fair need to be enrolled by November 1st 2021.

Our 4-H Community Club Program to care about other people and for produces youth who are confident animals, nurturing relationships, conflict in their public speaking skills, are resolution, and accepting differences. It responsible to their communities, and are proficient has taught her to use her HANDS to work hard, the value of leaders. community service, citizenship, marketable skills, teamwork, leadership, and motivation. And it has taught her to make 4-H’ers are 4x more likely to give back to their HEALTH(y) choices, have great self-esteem, self-responsibility, communities character, and personal responsibility.”

4-H’ers are 2x more likely to make healthier choices.

Now enrolling youth in the Community Club Program!

Other reasons to participate in 4-H? Think longer term and bigger picture…

University of Oregon bound 4-H’er, Emma Cucchi, knows that 4-H is one of the foundational reasons why she got into the university of her choice, as well as receving over $90,000 in scholarships to support her college education. Emma has been a member of the Franklin 4-H Club since she was in Kindergarten.

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Her participation in the 4-H program taught her numerous life skills, and helped her be successful as a student graduating as Valedictorian from Sutter Union High School and at the same time graduating from Yuba College winning the Yuba College Medal – for academic achievement and community involvement.

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Contact the Sutter-Yuba 4-H Program: Office Phone: 530-822-7515 Website: http://cesutter.ucanr.edu/Youth_Development/ Staff: 4-H Advisor: Nicole Marshall-Wheeler | nmarshall@ucanr.edu 4-H Community Education Specialist: Ryan Cleland | rpcleland@ucanr.edu 4-H Secretary: Rene McCrory | rjmccrory@ucanr.edu

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Sutter Orchard Supply With Stephanie Brown, Manager SOS utter Orchard Supply, also referred to as S.O.S. opened in 1936 with two locations, our current location in Yuba City and also a store in Gridley. It has always been a small, family-owned, and operated business. Currently S.O.S is owned and operated by Jim Abbott and Greg Rudstrom. Cliff Abbott, Jim’s father, started working at the store in 1938, and later bought into the store in 1961. Jim worked with his father at the store early on, but started full time after he finished college in 1972. Greg started working in the warehouse in 1989, and he later became a partner in 2007.

We pride ourselves on our friendly customer service along with a wealth of knowledge on the products that we stock in our store. In addition to supporting the farmers with the products that they need to produce their crops; we carry a large variety of supplies for the do-it-yourself life style. The products include but are not limited to, Feed, Seed, Fertilizer, Farm Equipment, Veterinary Supplies, Clothing, Firearms, Ammunition, Sporting Goods, Safes, and now BBQ Smoker/ Grills. We have been rated favorite Farm and Ranch Store, and also favorite Firearm and Ammunition Store of the Yuba/

Sutter area for a number of years.

We strive to have a strong community presence by being involved with a number of different committees, community events, and organizations. We like to invest a lot of our support efforts in the youth of our community in hopes that it provides them with the opportunities to become the strong leaders that we need in the future. We also have a booth offering supplies to support the local FFA and 4H chapters that attend The Yuba Sutter Fair, and we also support them by purchasing some of their FFA and 4H projects.

Greg is a member of the Lindhurst High School FFA Advisory Committee as well as The Yuba Sutter Jr Livestock Committee. Jim is a member of the Marysville High School FFA Advisory Committee, and is also a member of The Mary Aaron Scholarship Foundation Committee.

We are thankful and fortunate to have the customers that have supported us throughout the years and also those customers (new and old) that have been supportive during the pandemic.

USDA Introduces New Insurance Policy for Farmers Who Sell Locally he U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is rolling out a new insurance option specifically for agricultural producers with small farms who sell locally.

The new Micro Farm policy simplifies record keeping and covers post-production costs like washing and value-added products.

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) created this new policy based on research directed by the 2018 Farm Bill, and it includes feedback from producers who grow for their local communities. The policy will be available beginning with the 2022 crop year.

“We are excited to offer this new coverage for producers who work to provide their communities with fresh and healthy food,” said RMA Acting Administrator Richard Flournoy. “USDA is focused on supporting local and regional food systems, and this new crop insurance policy is designed with this important sector of agriculture in mind.”

The new policy is offered through Whole-Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) and it has distinct provisions that can provide more access to the program, including: 6

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No expense or individual commodity reporting needed, simplifying the recordkeeping requirements for producer.

The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation approved the Micro Farm policy in late September, and additional details will be provided later this fall.

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Revenue from post-production costs, such as washing and packaging commodities and value-added products, are considered allowable revenue.

More Information Crop insurance is sold and delivered solely through private crop insurance agents. A list of crop insurance agents is available at all USDA Service Centers and online at the RMA Agent Locator. Learn more about crop insurance and the modern farm safety net at rma. usda.gov.

The Micro Farm policy is available to producers who have a farm operation that earns an average allowable revenue of $100,000 or less, or for carryover insureds, an average allowable revenue of $125,000 or less. RMA’s research showed that 85% of producers who sell locally reported they made less than $75,000 in gross sales. See the full report.

The Micro Farm policy builds on other RMA efforts to better serve specialty and organic crop growers. This includes WFRP, which provides coverage for producers with larger operations that may not be eligible for Micro Farm. RMA recently made improvements to WFRP as part of a broader set of new policies and expanded policies to assist specialty crop and organic producers.

USDA touches the lives of all Americans each day in so many positive ways. In the Biden-Harris Administration, USDA is transforming America’s food system with a greater focus on more resilient local and regional food production, fairer markets for all producers, ensuring access to healthy and nutritious food in all communities, building new markets and streams of income for farmers and producers using climate smart food and forestry practices, making historic investments in infrastructure and clean energy capabilities in rural America, and committing to equity across the Department by removing systemic barriers and building a workforce more representative of America.

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President’s Corner With Christine Ivory, President, Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau November is a time to remember our blessings and be thankful for all that we have.

We all can get caught up in the negative of the world especially in the year 2021 but we need to focus on the good. Our family, our health, the luscious soil our crops grow in, and so much more we need to appreciate and not take for granted. With the holidays and the New Year quickly approaching it is a time to take pause, rest and plan for the coming year. No matter if that means a plan as to what crops to plant or variety of fruit or nut trees or where to go on vacation, embrace the opportunities and look forward to, hopefully, an amazing year ahead.

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In the Farm Bureau world, we are also busy closing out this last year and preparing for the new. Exciting plans for a 2022 Spring Fling are in the works and we eagerly anticipate mingling with you all in March. We are also working diligently to stay informed and keep you up to date in all that is happening in the ag world and our communities. Please help us with that if you may be aware of something that needs to be on our radar. If we continue to work together to promote and protect agriculture, we can succeed in continuing to feed our nation and beyond.

Remember that the Yuba-Sutter Farm Bureau is here for you.

Please feel free to stop by the office, the window is open Monday through Thursday 7-4 or give us a call at 530-6736550 with any questions or concerns. Our Board meetings are the 4th Monday of every month at 5pm and all are welcome.

AG Groups File Prop 12 Appeal to the US Supreme Court

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alifornia’s Proposition 12 is once again heading back to court, this time with the American Farm Bureau Federation and National Pork Producers Council. The groups petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to take their case against California’s Proposition 12, which would ban the sale of pork from hogs that don’t meet the state’s arbitrary production standards.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, Prop 12 will prohibit the sale of pork from hogs whose mothers (sows) were raised — anywhere in the world — in pens that do not comply with California’s highly prescriptive housing standards. It applies to any uncooked pork sold in the state, whether produced there or outside its borders. Nearly all pork currently produced in the United States fails to meet California’s arbitrary standards.

The appeal to the high court comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit over the summer upheld a lower court ruling against the NPPC-AFBF case. The appeals court found despite the organizations plausibly alleging that Prop 12 “will have dramatic upstream effects and require pervasive changes to the pork industry nationwide,” 9th Circuit precedent won’t allow the case to continue. However, the groups point out that the precedent runs counter to numerous Supreme Court decisions and is in conflict with nearly every other federal circuit court.

“We’re asking the Supreme Court to consider the constitutionality of one state imposing regulations that reach far outside its borders and stifle interstate and international commerce,” said NPPC President Jen Sorenson. “In this case, arbitrary animal housing standards that lack any scientific, technical or agricultural basis and that will only inflict harm on U.S. hog farmers.”

Generally, the Commerce Clause grants Congress the power to regulate trade among the states and restricts states from regulating commerce outside their borders, except for matters related to public health and safety.

“Supporters of Proposition 12 claimed it would improve animal welfare and food safety. The law fails to address either of those

issues,” said AFBF President Zippy Duvall. “Farmers know the best way to care for their animals. This law takes away the flexibility to ensure hogs are raised in a safe environment while driving up the cost of providing food for America’s families. Small family farms well beyond California’s borders will be hit hardest as they are forced to make expensive and unnecessary changes to their operations. This will lead to more consolidation in the pork industry and higher prices at the grocery store, meaning every family in America will ultimately pay the price for Prop 12.”

Even though the law is supposed to go in effect in January of 2022, the California Department of Food and Agriculture is still writing the implementing regulations for Prop 12 and has admitted the initiative will have no effect on food safety while also increasing the mortality rate for sows subject to it.

To continue selling pork to the 40 million consumers who live in California, which represents about 15 percent of the U.S. pork market, pork producers would need to switch to alternative sow housing systems. Industry estimates for converting sow barns or building new ones to meet the Prop 12 standards are in the billions of dollars, with consumers bearing the ultimate cost through higher pork prices.

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Critical Groundwater Supplies May Never Recover from Drought As seen in California Ag Network long with hurricanes and wildfires, there’s another important, but seldom-discussed effect of climate change — toxic water and sinking land made worse by groundwater drought. Water from snow and rain seeps deep into the ground between layers of soil and accumulates in sponge-like underground bathtubs, called aquifers. Farmers rely heavily on this groundwater to irrigate their crops when they can’t get enough water from surface water sources.

Roughly 85 percent of Californians also rely on groundwater for some portion of their water supply. Worldwide, an estimated two billion people depend on it. However, excessive groundwater use combined with droughts has caused land surface to sink, damaging critical infrastructure including roads, buildings, and sewage and water pipes.

New UC Riverside research shows groundwater takes an average of three years to recover from drought — if it ever recovers at all. In the largest study of its kind, scientists found that this recovery

Hoori Ajami, UCR groundwater hydrologist and study co-author and principal investigator on this project.

Published in the Journal of Hydrology, the new study is the first to examine groundwater response to droughts on a continental scale. Previous investigations of groundwater drought have mostly relied on model simulations and covered smaller areas.

This study relied on 30 years of daily measurements from 600 wells across the country.

On average, the researchers determined it takes about two years for rainwater drought to become groundwater drought, though in some cases it takes as long as 15 years. Because of the long lag time, the effects aren’t felt or seen immediately.

However, they can be severe.

by climate factors and excessive water pumping,” Ajami said. “Subsidence causes irreversible damage to infrastructure, buildings and roads.”

As the ground shifts and water level declines, contaminants in the soil, like arsenic, can mobilize and poison the water. In coastal areas, aquifers depleted by drought and pumping can fill up with salty sea water, making groundwater unusable for drinking or farming.

“You start with a problem of water quantity, and you end up with a problem of water quality,” Ajami said.

“Excessive pumping lowers the groundwater level, creating a downward spiral in which restoring the aquifer becomes harder and harder,” added study co-author Adam Schreiner-McGraw.

To reduce the damage from prolonged droughts that are an inevitability as the planet continues to warm, the researchers have several recommendations. Most climate models show rain becoming more intense. Storing rain waters could recharge aquifers, speeding up the recovery process.

time only applies to aquifers that aren’t touched by human activity, and the recovery time might be even longer in regions with excessive pumping.

The researchers also suggest that farmers improve irrigation efficiency and switch perennials like almonds, pistachios, and walnuts to annual, less water-intensive crops in areas where groundwater depletion is severe.

For groundwater levels to recover after a drought, new precipitation requires time to percolate through the soil and recharge the depleted aquifer. The researchers show that this process can take several years longer in areas with deeper groundwater levels.

“If people pump groundwater without first letting it recharge, groundwater levels keep going down, the cost of pumping goes up, and the land sinks,” explained

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Groundwater drought combined with pumping can cause a gradual, uneven lowering of the land surface called subsidence. “It is a known problem in California’s Central Vaalley, exacerbated

“We need to improve our climate projections to include groundwater, so that we can better assess what we have and how to protect it,” Ajami said. “There are ways to better manage what we have.” — By Jules Bernstein, UC Riverside

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Diamond B Ag Company Yuba City • (530) 237-7238 harpaul@diamondbco.net or (530) 751-6285 jaz@diamondbco.net Fiveway Farming Bruce Peacock • Sutter • (530) 671-9519 EQUIPMENT/VEHICLES

City of Yuba City 1201 Civic Center Blvd., Yuba City • (530) 822-4762

Beeler Tractor Co. 887 E. Onstott Rd., Yuba City • (530) 673-3555

Garden Highway Mutual Water Corporation Yuba City (530) • 674-2837

Holt Ag Solutions 2950 Colusa Hwy Yuba City • (530) 755-3363

Prune Bargaining Association 355 Teegarden, YC • (530) 674-5636

John L. Sullivan Dodge Harter Pkwy Yuba City • (530) 742-6406

Yuba-Sutter Economic Development Corp.

Tharp Rd, Yuba City • (530) 751-8555 AUCTION SERVICE Bid Cal Inc. Chico (530) • 345-0840 AUTOMOTIVE & DIESEL Les Schwab Tire Center-Linda 5998 Lindhurst Ave, Linda • (530) 743-7818 BANKING/FINANCIAL Bank of Feather River 855 Harter Pkwy, Yuba City • (530) 790-2551 Core Financial Group 1215 Plumas St, YC • (530) 228-3029 michael@mycoremoney.com Crippen and Associates 319 6th St. Suite #7, Marysville, CA 95901 • (530) 742-8201 Farm Credit West 900 Tharp Rd., Yuba City • (530) 671-1420

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CONSTRUCTION

N&S Tractor Yuba City • (530) 923-7675 Valley Truck & Tractor 1549 Colusa Hwy., Yuba City • (530) 673-8283 FARM LABOR CONTRACTORS Sunrise Ag Labor 436 Colusa Ave., Yuba City • (530) 822-7777 FARM MANAGEMENT JS Johal & Sons, Inc. 5020 Garden Hwy, Yuba City • (530) 682-3600

PR Ag Services, Paul Takhar (530) 682-6900 • treeshakes@gmail.com FARMS, RANCHES & INDIVIDUALS BGH LP 6394 Larkin Rd., Live Oak, CA 95953 Fair Share Farms Yuba City • kellyhoppin@gmail.com

Rabo AgriFinance 855 Harter Parkway, Suite 100, Yuba City • (530) 645-5128

Just Farms LP Gridley • (530) 846-3958

River Valley Community Bank 1629 Colusa Ave., Yuba City • (530) 821-2460

Lundberg Family Farms Mike Denny • (530) 538-3500

Suncrest Bank 700 Plumas Street., Yuba City • (530) 674-6207

Premier Walnut Company Yuba City, Sarb Kandola • (530) 870-7906

Tenney & Company, CPA 1528 Starr Drive, Ste A, Yuba City, CA 95993 • (530) 674-4211

Shaeffer Ranch LLC Clovis CA

Umpqua Bank 777 Colusa Ave. Yuba City • (530) 790-2136

Tamita Farms S Butte Rd Sutter • (530) 674-9378

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Triple H Ranches Robbins • (530) 666-1500

Sunsweet Growers 901 Walton Ave, Yuba City • (530) 751-5379

WISErg (425) 526-6796 • info@wiserg.com

Taylor Brothers Farms 182 Wilkie Ave., Yuba City • (530) 671-1505

FARM SAFETY

PUMP & WELL

MVP Safety Professionals, LLC 1000 N. East St., Woodland (530) 665-4422 imuzio@mvpsafety.org

Nor Cal Pump & Well Service 1325 Barry Rd., Yuba City • (530) 674-5861

FUEL

REAL ESTATE

Lakeview Petroleum 1528 Colusa Hwy, YC 95993 • (530) 742-7614

Coldwell Banker Commercial Valley Brokers 1307 Franklin Road, Yuba City • (530) 673-6614

Valley Pacific Petroleum Stockton CA rob.goodman@vpps.net (209) 948-9412

Edwards, Lien & Toso • Kyle Dalrymple kyle@eltappraisers.com • (530) 870-2732

HULLING & DRYING

Farm & Ranch Realty P.O. Box 564, Woodland • (530) 908-4689

Fedora Farms 2551 Farmlan Rd., Meridian • (530) 696-2230 INSURANCE

Stromer Realty Company 591 Colusa Ave., Yuba City • (530) 671-2770

Denny Insurance Services 856 Richland Rd., Suite B, Yuba City • 671-5813

SERVICES - OTHER

Far Horizon Insurance 1130 Bridge St., Yuba City • (530) 674-1340 Fletcher & Associates 300 4th St. Marysville • (530) 741-0441

Bridge Coffee Co. LLC 101 Clark Ave YC • (530) 673-6001 Country Butcher Adam & Katie Knapp • (530) 742-0284

Joel Giusti Yuba City • (530) 237-6951

Huntley Bravos Zall Insurance Brokers 520 Olive St., Marysville, CA 95901 • (530) 743-9264

Legacy By Design www.legacy-by-design.com • (530) 671-2100

Oakview Insurance Services, Inc. Yuba City • (530) 674-5054

Pride Employment & Staffing Paul Basi • (530) 661-3405

Roberson & Sons Insurance Services Inc. Eric Roberson • (530) 365-1009

Sutter Buttes Regional Land Trust, Lisa Lindman Yuba City • (530) 755-3568

Robert M. Galligan & Associates 419 6th St., Marysville • (530) 742-3243

SOLAR & ENERGY

Sanchez Insurance Inc. 440 N. Palora Ave, Yuba City • (530) 673-6277 LEGAL SERVICES Law Office of Paulla Hyatt-McIntire 950 Tharp Rd., Ste. 701, Yuba City • (530) 674-9761 The Law Offices of Robin C. Bevier PC 2479 Sunrise Blvd., Gold River CA • (916) 858-0904 NURSERY

Guillaume Grapevine Nursery 21208 State Rte 113 • Knights Landing, CA 95645 530-735-6821 Sierra Gold Nurseries 5320 Garden Hwy., Yuba City • (530) 674-1145 PROCESSING & DRYING Catlett Warehouse 2138 Catlett Road, Pleasant Grove • (530) 674-2380 District 10 Dryers LLC 9000 Mathews Lane, Marysville • (530) 742-3116 Miki Orchard, Inc. 803 Boyer Rd., Marysville • (530) 743-4402 Mitchell Dryers, LLC 10139 Garden Hwy, Yuba City • (530) 671-3397

Sacramento Packing Inc. 833 Tudor Rd., Yuba City, CA 95991 • 530-671-4488 Van Dykes Rice Dryer 4036 Pleasant Grove Rd., Pleasant Grove • (916) 655-3171 Shoei Foods 1900 Feather River Blvd., Olivehurst • (530) 742-7866

SunWest Foods, Inc. Yuba City • (530) 671-8888

ACIP ENERGY, LLC David Vincent Yuba City • (530) 777-2247 SUPPLY

Bearing Belt Chain Company 829 5Th St Marysville • (530) 743-9256 California Industrial Rubber Co., Inc 1690 Sierra Ave.,Yuba City • (530) 485-1487 Derco Supply 2920 A Colusa Hwy. YC • (530) 673-0481

Grange CoOp & Nursery Supply 1264 Stabler Ln. Yuba City • (530) 777-3551 Hust Brothers Inc. 710 3rd St., Marysville • (530) 743-1561 Sutter Orchard Supply 573 Bridge St., Yuba City • (530) 673-8068 TRUCKING Gee Agri Transport Inc. Yuba City • (530) 674-7443 D H Transportation Inc. Yuba City • (530) 674-5746 UTILITIES

Calpine 5029 S. Township Rd., Yuba City, CA 95993 • 530-821-2072 Chico Electric 36 W Eaton Rd, Chico • (530) 891-1933 Meridian Farms Water Co. 1138 4th St., Meridian • (530) 696-2456 WINERY Cordi Winery 10401 Ingram Ln, Live Oak • (530) 695-1785 CROP TALK | VOLUME 16 NO. 1

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