Advocacy

Thank you to everyone who attended our 2023 Citrus Showcase last Thursday! We had a very strong showing of growers and industry partners in attendance and after two years of smaller shows due to [...]

Recently, CCM President Casey Creamer traveled to D.C. to meet with USDA staff about issues affecting the citrus industry. While there, he met with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection [...]

This week the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA) released its Final Policy Recommendations for the 2023 Farm Bill. The SCFBA is a national collation of over 200 specialty crop [...]

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has scheduled three workshops to update the public on the development of the statewide pesticide application notification system and gather [...]

On October 12, the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service published its October Forecast for the 2022-23 citrus season based on maturity test results and fruit size. Florida citrus [...]

In September, The Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF) hosted its annual Safe Fruits and Veggies Farm Tour and invited a group of registered dietitians to visit Central Valley farms to learn about [...]

Last week, the Friant Water Authority along with State Senator Melissa Hurtado (D) visited Terra Bella, California and presented a $100 million check for the purpose of funding repairs of [...]

Last week’s Market Memo contained disappointing news about the Governor signing the UFW-sponsored bill AB 2183, known as card check legislation. As passed, the language replaces the [...]

Last week, CCM Directors Matt Fisher, Jared Plumlee, Keith Watkins, Zak Laffite, and Julia Inestroza traveled to Washington D.C. for meetings with USDA and Congress about some of the citrus [...]

We are currently gathering sponsors for the 2023 Citrus Industry Calendar and the California Citrus Weather Watch Program. Citrus Industry Calendar Each year, the industry calendar is given to [...]