Posts By: Western Growers

Legislator Profile Arizona State Representative TIM DUNN Representing the 13th District

(Editor’s Note: Tim Dunn was appointed to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent Arizona’s 13th Legislative District. After earning his Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture from the University of Arizona, Rep. Dunn started his own grain company alongside his father.  As a proud Yuma native, he understands the agricultural needs of his city.)   Being ...

New Congress to Bring New Challenges & Opportunities

As we ring in the New Year we will be welcoming a new Congress to Washington. As all of you know that Congress will look very different in the House of Representatives than what was in place after the 2016 election, as Democrats are in control. Democrats flipped 40 seats—the fourth largest total of seats ...

Always Put Our Members First

By Matt Luis   Being born and raised in the Central Valley, I’ve been surrounded by farming and production agriculture my entire life. But it wasn’t until a couple of years ago, when I came to Western Growers, that I embarked on a journey that allowed me to truly understand the complexities of an agricultural ...

2019 Economic Outlook

By Chris Oerman   2018 turned out to be a lackluster year for the equity markets after an unprecedented nine quarters of earnings growth and a historic bull run dating back to 2011. All of the major indices had flat or negative returns for the year, and it’s been hard to find any sort of ...