Month: February 2013

On Friday, Gov. Chris Christie announced that U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack has granted a Natural Disaster Designation for 14 New Jersey counties following Superstorm Sandy, a snowstorm, a Nor’easter, drought, high winds, hail, excessive heat and rain, and flash flooding between June 28 and Nov. 8, 2012. …

From the vine to the oven, California raisins are the star of the ultimate baking competition that is looking to recognize professional and up-and-coming bakers across the country. The California Raisin Marketing Board's (CRMB) sixth annual America's Best Raisin Bread Contest is now accepting entries, and all industry professionals and student bakers are encouraged to enter their most "raisin-spirational" masterpieces in one or all of the three categories of the competition: Artisan, Commercial and Breakfast. …

A new Vision System that supports multiple print heads is making labeling even more efficient for RedLine Packing users. …

Right now the mid-season oranges are ready for picking, along with those in the late season. The primary mid-season oranges include: the Pineapple Orange, the Seedless Pineapple Orange (to a lesser extent), the Mid Sweet and the Valquarius. The Temple Orange is also ripe late January and early February. …

Limoneira Company, a leading agribusiness with prime agricultural land and operations, real estate and water rights in California, announced that it has priced a public offering of 1,800,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $18.50 per share, for total gross proceeds of approximately $33.3 million. The public offering is expected to close on February 20, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC is acting as the lead book running manager for this offering. Roth Capital Partners, LLC is acting as co-lead manager of this offering. Feltl and Company Inc. is acting as co-manager of this offering. In addition, the Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 270,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any. …