Items Tagged with 'John Aguirre'

The Agriculture Department will soon start distributing $6 billion in disaster relief payments for losses producers experienced in 2020 and 2021 through a wide range of natural disasters, including drought, wildfires and excessive heat and cold.

John Aguirre, president of the California Association of Winegrape Growers, has announced he will step down from the helm and Michelle Connelly has resigned as CEO and executive director of the California Walnut Board and the California Walnut Commission.

California wine grape growers are out pulling up acres of grapevines this winter after years of liberal plantings and a flattening U.S. wine demand pushed growers and vintners into an economic purgatory.