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NEWS & INFORMATION
September 19, 2008 - Prune Association Makes Price Announcement
August 2008 - PBA Survey Measures Frost Damage to California Crop
August 2008 – State Forecast 120,000 Tons
July 22, 2008 – EDITORIALS
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 |
