U.S. EPA Grants Valley Air District Funds to Replace Ag Tractors, Low-Dust Harvesters

The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District recently received over $30 million in additional U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding to augment its grant program to replace old agricultural tractors and low-dust harvesters.

The District will use $20,000,000 from this grant for its Tractor Replacement Program. The funding will support the replacement of approximately 526 older, high-polluting tractors with significantly cleaner Tier 4 tractors.

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Matthew Allen

Western Growers Hires Walt Duflock as Vice President, Innovation

IRVINE, Calif. (October 20, 2020) – Increasing its industry-leading efforts to quicken the pace of technology solutions for the fresh produce industry, Western Growers has added Walt Duflock as Vice President, Innovation. In this role, Duflock will be singularly focused on accelerating agtech for Western Growers (WG) member companies, including expanding the footprint of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology (WGCIT), a premier agtech incubator located in Salinas, Calif.

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Cory Lunde

Trust, but Verify: What Constitutes a Detailed Account of Sale?

Timely and verified rejections of fresh commodities at contract destination do occur, making it very important to know precisely how to handle your next moves. Once a contract has been amended, the seller must know how to hold the handler accountable to ensure they’ve maximized the forwarded net proceeds once all sales are completed. In this blog, I will cover what criteria makes-up a detailed account of sale and I will share a mock-accounting that you should always expect to see from the receiver when you are reconciling.

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Bryan Nickerson

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