Growers Services

Your Blue Diamond® Growers Member Relations Department provides a wide range of services, assisting Blue Diamond's® member-growers in producing top yielding, high quality crops that earn the highest possible returns. Our staff of local Field Supervisors provides expert assistance in their geographic area regarding decisions on variety selection, cultural practices, quality control and payment timing as well as crop and market information. Field Supervisors also act as a daily liaison between the membership and Blue Diamond's® management providing insight into Blue Diamond's® operations and conveying member's questions and information back to management.

Blue Diamond® members may obtain account information and history by simply contacting their local Field Supervisor or the Sacramento or Salida membership offices.

Blue Diamond Company News

• Press Release July 28, 2010 (pdf)
  New CEO Named by the Board of Directors of Blue Diamond Growers
• President's Corner - Jul Aug 2010 (pdf)
  NASS 2010 Objective Crop Estimate:  1.65 Billion Pounds
• Blue Diamond Update - August 2010 (pdf)
  The 2009/10 marketing campaign ended with a new all-time shipment record for the California almond industry of 1.471 billion pounds. This represents a 6% increase over the prior year and results in a carryout of just over 300 million pounds.
  
  

Food Safety

• Good Agricultural Practices Grower's Manual
  The GAP mamual provides guidelines for California almond growers on how to minimize potential hazards during production and eliminate sources of contamination.
• Seven Practices of Succesful Almond Growers
  Highlights seven key components of the GAP that growers need to know about. This document serves as a quick start guide for growers want to explore the GAP manual.
  
• Good Agricultural Practices Self-Audit
  Allows a grower to run through a checklist of items used to discover their level of compliance with the Good Agricultural Practices.

Sweeper Cost Analysis

• Sweeper Cost Analysis Spreadsheet
  An Excel Spreadsheet that can be used to calculate the optimum number of sweeper passes based on market prices and the various costs of sweeper operations.