Media Contact: Joel Nelsen, President (559) 592-3790 California Citrus Mutual Comments on USDA Trade Remedies Exeter, CA, July 25, 2018 - The California Citrus Mutual Board of Directors has reviewed the Administration's proposal to provide $12 billion in mitigation to U.S. farmers to offset losses resulting from the ongoing trade debate. "The Board unanimously agreed that [...]
Media Contact: Alyssa Houtby, Director of Government Affairs (559) 592-3790 Industry-Funded HLB Research Facility Now Accepting Project Applications Exeter, CA, January 17, 2018 - California Citrus Mutual, together with the California Citrus Research Foundation and the University of California, Riverside are pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for research space in the newly built [...]
Media Contact: Alyssa Houtby, Director of Government Affairs (559) 592-3790 Mother Nature Delivers Early Christmas Present for Valley Citrus Crop December 22, 2017, Exeter, CA - Temperatures throughout most of the Central Valley citrus belt failed to reach predicted lows Thursday night and Friday morning. In the coldest of areas, temperatures dipped to 26 degrees, although [...]
Media Contact: Alyssa Houtby, Director of Government Affairs (559) 592-3790 Warm overnight temperatures a welcomed surprise for Valley citrus growers December 21, 2017, Exeter, CA - Cold temperatures failed to materialize as forecast in the Central Valley citrus belt. Growers report that overnight lows dropped to the low 30s and stayed well within the "sweet spot" [...]
Media Contact: Lauren Droogh, Program Coordinator (559) 592-3790 California Citrus Mutual, Senator Jean Fuller Team up to Deliver Huge Fruit Donation to Kern County Food Bank Annual Citrus Stride event yields 44,000 pounds of citrus for the Community Action Partnership of Kern County Exeter, CA – California citrus growers donated 44,000 pounds of citrus to [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017 Media Contacts: Alyssa Houtby, Director of Government Affairs alyssa@cacitrusmutual.com (559) 592-3790 Bipartisan Coalition Focuses Attention on 150+ Valley Communities with Unsafe Water Valley Leaders Speak Out in Support of SB 623 and Safe, Affordable Drinking Water for All VISALIA, CA - On Wednesday, September 6, the [...]
MEDIA CONTACT: Alyssa Houtby, Director of Government Affairs (559) 592-3790 alyssa@cacitrusmutual.com Bipartisan Coalition Thanks Assembly Leadership and Urges Legislature to Address Statewide Drinking Water Crisis September 1, 2017 | Sacramento - In an important step forward toward securing safe and affordable drinking water for all Californians, Senate Bill 623 (Monning) moved out of the Assembly Appropriations Committee to [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Richard Pidduck, Chair, U.S. Citrus Science Council – (805) 525-6611 Curt Holmes, Chair, California Citrus Mutual – (559) 351-7428 Robert Grether, Board Member, U.S. Citrus Science Council – (805) 844-2777 Joel Nelsen, President and CEO, California Citrus Mutual – (559) 592-2390 Santa Paula, CA, May 18, [...]
For Immediate Release Contact: Richard Pidduck, Citrus grower and Chair, U.S. Citrus Science Council Cell: (805) 657 – 2012 Joel Nelsen, President, California Citrus Mutual Cell: (559) 799-7736 Santa Paula, CA, May 2, 2017 – The U.S. Department of Food and Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced late Monday afternoon that it [...]
Media Contact: Alyssa Houtby, Director of Public Affairs (559) 592-3790 President Trump’s Executive Order withdrawing the U.S. from the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is disappointing, yet not surprising. "The President has been unapologetically opposed to TPP since early in his campaign, so it comes to no surprise that he has officially withdrawn the U.S. from [...]
