Category: Mark’s Corner

I loved to compete and win. I never wanted the other guy to do badly; I just wanted to do a little better than he did. T. Boone Pickens T. Boone Pickens, a well-known business magnate, lived his life with a passion for entrepreneurship and a love for America....

CEO Magazine recently gave me the opportunity to share the Blue Diamond Growers success story. This interview highlights Blue Diamond’s determination to grow our business through innovation, branding, and market development. It was also a chance to connect readers to the significance of the almond industry as the almond...

As members of this cooperative, our grower-owners know what it means to work together towards a common goal – our mission of maximizing returns for growers who entrust their almonds to Blue Diamond is our clearest example. That common goal gives every Blue Diamond grower and team member a...

Never have I ever been more proud of our Blue Diamond team members. The response to last month’s fire at the Sacramento manufacturing facility shows a commitment to teamwork that is unmatched. You can be assured to know that with hard work, Blue Diamond can overcome extraordinary challenges. And,...

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed, is more important than any other one thing. Abraham Lincoln I continue to be impressed by the perseverance of farmers. Global trade wars, government bureaucracy and especially weather make resilience a defining attribute of every successful farm. This will...

At Blue Diamond Growers, almonds are all we do. Our grower-owners have been perfecting almond crops for more than a century and creating sustainable farming operations for future generations. During each step of almond growing, processing, and marketing, our products are cared for by the hearts and hands of...

2019 promises to be an eventful and exciting year. Blue Diamond is committed to closing out this decade with strategies and innovations that will deliver industry-leading returns to each of you. By strengthening our partnerships and building upon our past years’ successes, our cooperative is on track to achieving...

Blue Diamond’s success as an agricultural cooperative is rooted in the dedication our grower-owners have for their farms and industry and recognize that organizations like California FFA help drive this success by developing the future leaders of agriculture. We are proud that many of our grower-owners are current or...

Blue Diamond is optimistic concerning our global trade outlook. We believe free trade agreements are essential to the health and viability of American industries in an increasingly competitive global marketplace. According to USDA reports, almonds rank third among all U.S. agricultural production exports with 67 percent of the crop...

Every crop presents its own set of challenges, and the 2017 crop was no different. Wet conditions at bloom and reject levels not seen in many years typified the 2017 crop. But our growers and those of us at Blue Diamond tackled the challenges, and together have produced a...