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NEWS & INFORMATION

August 2008 - PBA Survey Measures Frost Damage to California Crop

August 2008 – State Forecast 120,000 Tons

July 22, 2008 – EDITORIAL

May 30, 2008 - Prune Crop Up 40%, but Short of Normal

April 25, 2008 - 40 Years of Reducing Risk for Farmers

December 14, 2007 - Prune Farmers Request State Conciliation

June 1, 2007 - 2007 California Prune Crop Estimate

April 26, 2007 - Workshops Help “Beat the Odds”

November 10, 2006 - California Farmers Negotiate Stable Price for 2006 & Produce Excellent Crop of Dried Plums

August 30, 2006 - Bargaining Groups Team Up in Bid for Funds for California Producers

May 23, 2006 - California Prune Farmer Take Action to Enhance Quality & California's Competitive Advantage

February 16, 2006 - Free Risk Negotiation Education at Yuba City Prune Day

December 12, 2005 - Prune Packers Pay High Prices for Imports

November 21, 2005 - Association Goes to Bat for Beleaguered Prune Growers

July 18, 2005 - Scarcity of Prunes Prompts Price Increase

June 1, 2005 - Double the Yield, but Still a Disaster

FEBRUARY 2005 NEWS RELEASE

November 8, 2004 – Farmers Seek New Marketing Strategies

Sept. 15, 2004 - Price Agreement Reached

California Prune Production by County, including 5 & 10 year averages

May 27, 2004 - Prune Crop Failure

Past Editorials

August 2002 It's the Price, Stupid!

July 2002 How does your packer measure up?

April 2002 It’s Just Business...

February 2001 Remove Trees . . . Not Growers

November 2000
Supply Management Revisited

June 2000
Advertise or Die

February 2000
What is the right price for prunes?

October 1999
It must be a good deal . . . nobody was completely happy

October 1999
Quality . . . we need to do more

April 1999
Repairing the Crop Insurance Disaster


Effective May 2002, Newsletters will be available only to PBA members, signatory packers and sponsors and will no longer be linked online.


March 30, 2002 - New Tree Pull Program, First pulled, First Paid, 2,400 Acres Pushed, Sunsweet Incentive for Independent Growers, Legislative Effort to Protect Growers, 24 Screen Undersize, Proposed Rule-Changes to Diversion Provisions, Marketing Order Rewrite, No Further Newsletters for Non-Members, Calendar.

February 23, 2002 - Tree Pull Application Drive a Success, Growers Asked to Make Decision & Stick with It, Applicants Receive Authorization to Pull - Final Rule Pending, Government Purchases Boost Shipments 4% - follow-through Essential, PBA Annual Meeting to Feature Noted Speakers.

January 26, 2002 - Application Tips, Supplemental Industry Program, South Sacramento Valley Lags State-Meetings to be Held, If I pull Prunes, What am I going to Plant? Answer: A Cover Crop.

January 12, 2001 - Breaking Even; Why Pull?, Don’t Bet the Farm, Big Risk, Small Return.

December 29, 2001 - USDA Tree Removal Program Announced-PBA Plays Key Role, 2001 Crop Hits 139,000 Tons.

October 27, 2001 - 2001 Price Agreement, District Nomination Meetings December 10 -14, USDA Tree-Pull Rule-Making Ongoing, 2001 Crop Short of Mark; Not as Short as Some Expected, Value of Green Prunes, Renewal Program Reduces Acreage, Shipments Finish Up 6%; Market Off to Good Start.

August 25, 2001 - 2001 Crop Falling Short, Industry Shipments Up 6%, Advertising Boosts Sales, USDA Tree-Pull Rule-Making in Progress, Orchard Renewal Program Underway, 2001 PBA Price Objectives.

June 30, 2001 - Market Policy 100% Free, Tree Pull Supported, CPB Lowers Assessment, 2,000 Acres Submitted, Inventory Balance?, No Answer on Tree Pull Funds from USDA.

June 2, 2001 - Crop estimate is in, Sunsweet's delivery plan, government funding sought, green diversion campaign.

May 9, 2001 - SPECIAL EDITION Tree Pull 2001

NEWSLETTERS

September 2008
Vol 40, No.3
2008 Field Price Announced, An Industry at Crossroads, Supply & Demand, and more click here

JULY 2008
Vol 40, No.2

PBA Gains Majority & Autonomy,
Price Negotiations,
Sharing Risk,
Tight Supply Threatens Market Gains,
and More click here

MAY 2008
Vol. 40, No. 1

Celebrating our 40th Anniversary. Conciliation Outcome, Crop Report, Addressing Market Risks, Market Report, More Members=More Influence click here

Selected Topics in Reducing Market Risk for Specialty Crops click here



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