Growers Services
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Your Blue Diamond® Growers Member Relations Department provides a wide range of services, assisting Blue Diamond's® member-growers in producing top yielding, high quality crops that earn the highest possible returns. Our staff of local Field Supervisors provides expert assistance in their geographic area regarding decisions on variety selection, cultural practices, quality control and payment timing as well as crop and market information. Field Supervisors also act as a daily liaison between the membership and Blue Diamond's® management providing insight into Blue Diamond's® operations and conveying member's questions and information back to management.
Blue Diamond® members may obtain account information and history by simply contacting their local Field Supervisor or the Sacramento or Salida membership offices.
Blue Diamond Company News
- President's Corner - January February 2010 (pdf)
As almond supply becomes available, demand has readily followed. - Blue Diamond Update - January 2010 (pdf)
Over the years many adjectives have appeared in these pages used to describe the evolution of the California almond industry’s shipment performance. While market variability can induce a degree of concern from time to time, all growers can agree that the almond’s desirability among consumers has produced very impressive growth in the industry. This has been proven by the impressive string of shipment records the industry has experienced. - Blue Diamond Update - December 2009 (pdf)
A firming market combined with a spectacular shipment total for the month of November provided the California almond industry with very good news for the holiday season. Industry shipments for the month totaled an astounding 145.5 million pounds, the largest shipment total for the month in the history of the California almond industry.
Food Safety
- Good Agricultural Practices Grower's Manual
The GAP mamual provides guidelines for California almond growers on how to minimize potential hazards during production and eliminate sources of contamination. - Seven Practices of Succesful Almond Growers
Highlights seven key components of the GAP that growers need to know about. This document serves as a quick start guide for growers want to explore the GAP manual. - Good Agricultural Practices Self-Audit
Allows a grower to run through a checklist of items used to discover their level of compliance with the Good Agricultural Practices.
Self-Propelled Off-Road Agricultural Equipment Survey
In anticipation of the proposals regulating farm machinery we are asking growers to once again help us collect the information needed to document the types of machinery in use by the industry and the extent of its usage. The information from this agricultural equipment survey will be used during the regulation development process to ensure that the emissions from farm machinery are not overstated and that the regulatory agencies take the potential cost impacts on California farmers into full account. California Air Resources Board staff currently plans on bringing proposed regulations to a Board vote in late 2010.
The Introductory Letter of Explanation should be included with each participants survey.
Please remember to complete the information at the bottom of the letter.
Sweeper Cost Analysis
- Sweeper Cost Analysis Spreadsheet
An Excel Spreadsheet that can be used to calculate the optimum number of sweeper passes based on market prices and the various costs of sweeper operations.
