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Tag: Global Raisin Market

  • Global Raisin Production Decline Could Help Growers After Rains

    Poorly timed rains led to difficulties in the 2025 harvest, but California raisin growers might benefit from international market conditions.
    This includes a below average crop in Turkey and tariffs boosting domestic sales. At Malcolm Media’s Grape, Nut & Fruit Tree Expo and in an interview with Matthew Malcolm on California Ag Network, Sun-Maid Growers President/CEO Steve Loftus shared the state of raisin industry. Watch this quick video and learn more in American Vineyard Magazine.

  • State of the California Raisin Industry with Sun-Maid

    The last few years have been quite challenging for California raisin growers.  Grower returns have been lower despite increasing input costs, but the tide appears to be changing to their favor as shared at Malcolm Media’s recent Grape, Nut & Tree Fruit Expo. Watch this brief interview with Sun-Maid Growers’ CEO Harry Overly as he explains, and read more about it in the upcoming issue of American Vineyard Magazine.
     
    Please thank this video’s sponsor Suterra for their industry support.