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Blue Diamond Members Recognized for Agricultural Advocacy

Blue Diamond is fortunate enough to have grower-owners who are constantly advocating for agriculture within the state and the country. These industry leaders are stewards of the land and a positive member of their community. Today, I would like to acknowledge a few Blue Diamond growers who have earned...

Blue Diamond Anticipates Healthier Almond Market in the New Year

You have likely heard that prices for California almonds have declined. After an unprecedented seven-year run of ever increasing prices, this is news. In the context of supply and demand, this kind of market price adjustment was inevitable. Long-term almond handlers, traders and call pool growers have experienced and...

2015 Annual Grower Meeting Highlights

Keeping our grower-owners informed and up-to-date on their cooperative has and continues to be one of Blue Diamond’s priorities. As the cooperative’s first general manger said, “…the membership of the exchange must be constantly and intelligently informed of what their cooperative is doing, its methods of operating, its decisions...

Blue Diamond Releases 2015 Annual Report

Innovation has been a core value since the beginning of the cooperative and continues to be today.  Blue Diamond’s ability to innovate has allowed the cooperative to maintain its position as the almond industry leader throughout its 105 year tenure and particularly now, amid the constraints of the drought....

Almond Market Update: Almond Demand Remains High

The position report from Blue Diamond’s Global Ingredients Division is available. Each month I will share the industry report covering the state of the crop supply, shipments, and domestic and export market status for the month and over the prior year....

Co-Ops Thrive on Principle of Partnership

  In celebration and support of National Co-op Month, I wanted to share this article by California Department Food and Agriculture’s Secretary Karen Ross. In this article Secretary Ross explains the importance and value of co-ops. “Co-ops enable many small family farm operations to reach markets, direct research, and connect...

We are happy to report…

Almond Insights is a well-read Blue Diamond post. We received hundreds of responses to the test email our agency accidentally sent on Friday. Though only a few were able to decipher the language we were happy to know Almond Insights is reaching you. We’re very sorry for any confusion...