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JULY 2008Volume 370, Number 7

Based on Farm Bureau's suc-cessful involvement last year, andproviding a much-needed serviceto everyone involved in the JuniorLivestock Auction at the TulareCounty Fair, the TCFB board votedunanimously to take on the taskonce again this fall.

Fair CEO Geoff Hinds presentedthe Fair Board's thanks andappreciation for last year's partici-pation. On sale day, Farm Bureauprovided a continental breakfastand box lunch to registered buyersand made cold bottled wateravailable throughout the day-longsale. “It really hit the nail on thehead!” said Hinds.

In order to minimize the logisticalproblems encountered last yearand maximize the benefits to theparticipants, the board voted toeliminate the breakfast and putthat budgeted money toward animproved lunch package, signageand other details this year.

TCFB BACKS JR. LIVESTOCKSALE AT FALL FAIR

Additionally, TCFB will continueits long tradition of hosting a pre-fair business lunch and providingcash awards and other prizes toexhibitors.

A diverse group attended the Sheriff'sMetal Theft summit in mid-June. Most ofthem - law enforcement officers, the ActionRural Crimes Taskforce team, prosecutors,elected officials and their representatives,recyclers, lobbyists and farmers – expressedfrustration with the ever-increasing problemas they sought ways to curb it.

While the summit session targeted farmersand ranchers, all agreed the rising pricespaid for metals of all kinds makes it a moreuniversal problem. It is no longer just an agissue. This has created wider awarenesswhich bodes well for legislation movingforward in the state legislature to make thepunishment for criminal activity harsher.

Time magazine's June 23 issue, likespeakers at the meeting, said the price ofcopper has quadrupled since 2008 due tothe construction boom in Asia. Thieves areeven pulling wiring out of traffic lights and,as was experienced in Visalia, wiring wasstolen from the sports park under construc-tion.

METAL THEFT SUMMIT AIRS FRUSTRATIONSTheme is education, cooperation and communication

Sheriff's Deputy Sgt. Rob Schimpf, whoheads Tulare County's Rural CrimeTaskforce, said metals of all kinds are beingstolen. He said the price paid for copper wirewhich was 69-cents a pound in 2002, is now$3.44 per pound. Beyond copper wire,targeted items include irrigation pipe,irrigation filters, valves, radiators, alumi-num siding, implements – any recyclablemetal.

Two very similar bills to curb metal theftare currently being considered by statelawmakers and, “if all goes well, there's hopeof having a bill by Aug. 31,” said ShirleyBatchman, of California Citrus Mutual.

AB 844 by Assemblyman Tom Berryhill (R-Modesto) was introduced last year, but waskilled by the recycling industry. It is backagain. It requires recyclers to pay for scrapmetal with a check, then hold the check forthree days and take a picture of the metalbeing recycled.

Two Bills in Sacramento

Sheriff Bill Wittman, left, and Tulare County District AttorneyPhil Cline were the leaders who launched the Rural CrimeTaskforce in November 1996. While farmers and rancherspraise the program's successes, all agree it is a hard and frustrat-ing task to catch and prosecute those who steal metal.See on page 3Metal Theft

After a thorough and completediscussion of all aspects of theproposed Tulare Motor SportsComplex, the Tulare County FarmBureau Board of Directors took aposition against it at its Junemeeting.

Based on study of the project'sdraft environmental impact report(Draft EIR) and Farm Bureau'spolicies governing land use, boardmembers felt the project would notbe compatible with surroundingagricultural land use.

They directed Executive DirectorStever to summarize their objec-tions in response to the draft EIRand send it, with approval from theTCFB Land Use Committee, to theTulare planning officials before theJune 20 deadline.

According to Stever, “Our organi-zation represents members whohold diverse opinions, and may notalways agree with every decision ofour board of directors. But theimportant part is that we base ourpositions on sound policy, and weask our members to participate inthat policy making process andconstantly review, revise, andupdate our policies to help makethem consistent, uniform, andenforceable when issues like thiscome before the board of directors.

“It is well evidenced by the DEIR,that this project will have manydetrimental impacts to agriculturein southwest Tulare County, andwill cause the premature conver-sion of agricultural land to nonagricultural uses. This project willserve as a catalyst for adverselyaffecting water quality and quan-

BOARD SAYS NO TO THE TULAREMOTOR SPORTS COMPLEX

tity, reversing improvements madein air quality, and promoting fasterconversion of rural landscapes intourban and retail build-outs that willforce agriculture in the surroundingarea to change operational prac-tices. It will ultimately create anincompatibility between theproposed project and agriculture.”

Key issues are:

The 711.09 acreproposal includes 400+ acres ofland in an Agricultural Preserveand Williamson Act Contracts,which will require cancellation priorto project initiation. Farm Bureauopposes the conversion of primefarmland to non agricultural uses,and opposes the cancellation ofWilliamson Act contracts unlessextraordinary circumstances exist.

The DEIR states the effects ofnoise on livestock will be mitigatedwith several measures. Thesemitigation measures are notadequate to address the concernsfor the effects on livestock. Theimpact still remains unavoidableand significant and could impactthousands of dairy animals in closeproximity to the track.

The proposed complex willhave the propensity for creatinghigh levels of nitrous oxides (NOx)and volatile organic compounds(VOCs) that will further degrade airquality in the south San JoaquinValley, harming our rural commu-nities, agricultural lands, andnatural resources.

Significant Loss of AgriculturalResources:

Significant Impacts from NoiseLevel:

Significant Impacts to AirQuality:

See Motor Sports on page 12

Geoff Hinds

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Executive Officers�

President Edward Needham13274 Perry Ct., Visalia, CA 93292First Vice President Larry PeltzerPO Box 48, Ivanhoe, CA 93235Second Vice President Steve Godlin34015 Road 140, Visalia, CA 93292Treasurer Chris Giannini4736 W. Country Ct., Visalia, CA 93277Immediate Past President Keith Watkins

14852 Lipson, Visalia, CA 93292District 6 Representative Nancy Pitigliano

PO Box 9, Tipton, CA 93272

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Executive Comments{by ,Patricia L. Stever Executive [email protected]

TellingYour Story

Who isThis Guy?

Since my recent appointment asPresident of the Tulare CountyFarm Bureau I have been hearingthe same question again and again;who is this guy, where did you findhim? Well, here is my story:

I was born and raised in WalnutCreek, CA where my family raisedand showed horses. After highschool I joined the Marines andattended Santa Rosa Junior Collegeas a Viticulture Major, transferringto Fresno State in 1982. I gradu-ated two years later with my BS inPlant Science and Ag Mechanics.While attending CSUF I met mywife, Kim, an Ag Education Majorand third generation Ivanhoeresident. We were married in 1987.

I started work farming citrus,olives, wine grapes, and pears inSanger. After the 1990 freeze, wemoved to Visalia and I started workin Kern County farming citrus. Thisled to involvement with the CitrusResearch Board and CaliforniaCitrus Mutual and the Kern CountyFarm Bureau as a director.

I have Pest Control Advisor (PCA)and Pest Control Operator (PCO)licenses. My wife is a third gradeteacher at Elbow Creek and we havefour children, Cody, Kelsey,Kendall and Cassidy.

I became involved with the TulareCounty Farm Bureau because thisis where my home is and where I amraising my family. Hopefully, mychildren will decide to raise theirfamilies here also.

Even though I have been involvedwith the Kern County Farm Bureau

for a number of years, I felt I neededto become active here at home.People who know me are aware ofmy passion when I take on aresponsibility. If I'm not going toserve my position at 120%, I don'tfeel I'm doing the best I can.

I want you, the members, andthose of you who aren't membersyet to know I am here for ourcommunity. I would like to hearfrom you with suggestions on howwe can help improve our commu-nity through Farm Bureau.

Our board is made up of experi-enced members with many diversebackgrounds and it is here to serveyou, as well. In order for us tofunction as an effective board weneed to hear from you. So I ask youto contact us – directors, staff or me– and let us know what we can dofor you. I look forward to meetingyou and hearing from you as wemove along in this new FarmBureau year.

Editor's Note: Ed currently is a

general manager for Synagro, and

manages the South Kern Compost

Manufacturing facility. He also

works out of a Fresno-based office

for Earthwise Organics, and farms

citrus and pomegranates in Kern

County. Even though Ed spends

busy days traveling up and down

the freeways between Fresno,

Tulare and Kern Counties, he makes

Visalia his home along with his wife,

Kim, and four children. We welcome

Ed to the board and look forward to

his service and enthusiastic leader-

ship style!

Summer is finally here. It alwaysreminds me of the amazing bountythat California agriculture pro-duces, especially all the summerfruit, vegetables, nuts, and othercommodities that our state growswith amazing efficiency, resource-fulness and ingenuity.

Whether you grow your own in abackyard garden, or you grow10,000 acres, every year I marvelat the rich and bountiful earth thatexists here in the San JoaquinValley. It energizes and rejuve-nates me to want to tell agricul-ture's story to everyone who enjoysthat sun ripened sweet peach,nectarine, cherry, or plum.

In late June, I had just such anopportunity to tell your story. Itraveled down to Orange County,where you may think very littleagriculture exists – yet an amazingexperience happened. More than600 educators from across thenation converged on Costa Mesa totake part in nearly four days oftours, workshops, hands-ondemonstrations, and to have ataste of California's bounty. Thiswas the National Agriculture in theClassroom Conference, this yearhosted by California, and our stateAITC foundation.

Tulare County was well repre-sented. Our Education Committeesponsored two local teachers withfull scholarships to attend, andour co-chairwoman, Sandi Gist-Langiano, and I were there. Alongwith my camera and notebook, Ialso packed eight cartons ofCalifornia oranges, and fourcartons of California avocados,thanks to our good friends inSanta Paula, and headed for theconference to help tell Californiaagriculture's story to the assem-bled teachers from across the

United States.What I found was a welcoming

audience of educators hungry forinformation for their classrooms.They respect and admire theAmerican farmer. They under-stand that it is becoming increas-ingly difficult for agriculture tosurvive in a country with evernarrowing margins, ever increas-ing regulations, and ever greaterforeign competition.

I realize that telling teachersyour story won't necessarily fix ourwater crisis in California; it won'tlower the price of fuel, or metal, orplastic, or chemicals; it won'tchange our burdensome regula-tions or necessarily improve yournet income… but hopefully what itcan do is help remind educatorsthat agriculture, like children, isour future. We need to invest inboth with all of our availableresources to make our futurebrighter.

I am always replenished andrefreshed to meet the people whoteach our youth. Those four daysflew by. I hope that the stories Itold, the knowledge I shared, andthe memories these teacherscaptured will endear them to ourindustry.

I also hope that their experienceswill help change the landscape ofour business climate and will someday produce another crop of votersand decision makers that will careenough to help fix what we all knowis so greatly broken in Californiaright now.

Until that dream is realized, I willcontinue to tell your story toeveryone who will listen. I'll buy allthe fresh California produce I canenjoy this summer to celebrateyour great bounty! Cheers!

The University of CaliforniaDavis School of VeterinaryMedicine will conduct a freeworkshop July 9, providinglectures, demonstrations andhands-on experience to properlymanage downer cattle.

It will be held at the TulareTeaching and Research Centerat 18830 Rd 112, Tulare.Registration begins at 9:30 a.m.with the workshop continuingfrom 10am to 2:30pm.

The session was prepared inresponse to the Hallmark/Westland cull cow abuse casethat made headlines for two

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months earlier this year.The targeted audience is dairy

producers, farm staff, veterinari-ans, Registered VeterinaryTechnicians, auction personneland others who handle cattle.Topics include: Euthanasia:Indications and Methods, as wellas exploring a new, practicalsystem for the Handling andCare of Downer Cattle.

Advance reservations arerequested. For information,contact Carolyn Stull at 530-752-0855 or Delaina Matz at530-752-6630.

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SB 691 by Senator Ron Calderon(D-Montebello) has many of thesame features of AB 844, except itrequires those selling metals to befingerprinted and includes greaterpunishment.

Farm Bureau members werecalled to action for the June 9hear ing before the SenateBusiness , Pro fess ions andE c o n o m i c D e v e l o p m e n tCommittee.

Schimpf urged theft victims toreport every loss, no matter how

Tulare County Farm Bureau President Ed Needham tells Channel 30 news reporterJessica Peres that metal theft is not just a farm problem. The cost of the damage creates arippling effect with farmers having fewer dollars to spend in the communities.

• Make your place an unattractive target with fencing, lighting andcables across access roads.• Keep equipment away from roadways, and don't leave it out at night.• Post “No Trespassing” signs. They're available for purchase at theTulare County Farm Bureau office.• Inventory – Know what you have. Keep storage areas organized.• Use motion lights where possible. Better yet, if there is power avail-able, install an audible motion light that adds a siren noise when thelight goes on.• Mark all equipment with an Owner Applied Number (OAN). Numbersare issued by the Sheriff's department or the District Attorney's office.Keep the Ag Crimes Unit phone numbers handy. The 24-hour number is

559-733-6218. The Ag Crimes office is 559-740-4300.

Metal Theftfrom page 1

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Steve Godlin, TCFB second vice presidentand past president of the California BeekeepersAssociation, was in Washington June 26asking Congress to continue funding researchfor Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Heappeared before Representative DennisCardoza's sub-committee of the HouseAgriculture Committee on horticulture andorganic agriculture.

While tremendous research has been done bythe University of California Davis, said Godlin,the problem is still evident in apiaries nationwide. The disease, whichSteve believes is viral, has caused the loss of about 40-percent of thebee colonies in the U.S.

After buying new queens, at $16 each, and restocking their hives,Godlin said they do well during the summer but die-off later. “It used tohappen in winter, but now we're seeing it sooner – late summer and fall.Hopefully, research funding will continue until we get to the cause andcan do something to control it,” he concluded.

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minor. “If you don't call, I don'tknow.” He also asks that theypreserve the crime scene, especiallyfoot prints and tire tracks.

Dee Gillen, owner of Tulare Iron &Metal, said illegal recyclers aregiving everyone in the business abad name. “We want to be there tohelp farmers dispose of scrapmetal. We want to do it right.”

Gillen, too, hopes for strongerlegislation to curb the illegalmovement. She said her companybegan voluntarily paying withchecks last year. The result? Theyfound their forged checks beingused everywhere.


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Teams of environmental activistsare visiting area school boardmeetings to promote a “PesticideProtection Zone” resolution,condemning the use of cropprotection materials adjacent toschool sites.

First it was Lindsay, thenVisalia. Both boards, after listen-ing to Tulare County AgriculturalCommissioner Gary Kunkel, theFarm Bureau, California CitrusMutual and others, rejected theproposals as unnecessary.

Past Farm Bureau PresidentKeith Watkins and SupervisorAllen Ishida also assured schoolboard members in Lindsay that the

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agriculture community and thecounty Ag Commissioner workingtogether, with oversight from theCalifornia Department of PesticideRegulation, are using all thenecessary tools and precautions tominimize risks around sensitiveenvironments, such as schools.

Kunkel reported that his depart-ment, in accordance with requestsfrom the activists, had put in placenew aerial restricted use permitconditions to address these veryconcerns. It became effectiveJanuary, 2008. The permittingprocess to apply restricted materi-als now requires that no aerialapplications take place within one-

quarter mile of any school, occu-pied farm labor camp, or residen-tial area in the county.

In a letter to the Visalia UnifiedSchool District dated May 23,Executive Director Patricia Steverwrote, in part:

“We believe it is unnecessary toadopt local resolutions that wouldseek to alter the regulatory modelthat is already in place and work-ing effectively to minimize risks.

Most growers are already makingspecial considerations for neigh-boring properties and especiallysensitive sites such as residentialneighborhoods and schools thatfind themselves located in agricul-turally-zoned lands.

Many growers only spray onweekends and late at night to

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It is also unfortunate that, as ourcommunities become more urban-ized, schools and residentialneighborhoods are being located inagricultural areas. Farmers havelittle choice but to change theirpractices to accommodate thesenew neighbors.

It puts Tulare County farmers ata disadvantage with their counter-parts in other parts of the state andnation to have local entitiesdemanding more stringent lawsthan exist elsewhere.”

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YOUNG FARMERS & RANCHERS NOTES....by Melissa DePaoli

April Machado's home was the locationof the June 10 meeting of Young Farmersand Ranchers. It included a delicious tri-tip dinner barbequed by Michael DePaoli.There were lots of new faces at the meetingand it was a terrific opportunity foreveryone to become acquainted.

Young Farmers and Ranchers members pose for the camera.

For further information, contact YF&Rchairman Josh Pitigliano at (559) 359-1906.

Other YF&R Events• June 29 – Ag Night at Visalia Oaks baseball• July 8 – General Meeting – details to be

announced• July 18 – Glo Ball, TBA• August 12 – General Meeting, TBA• September 9 – General Meeting TBA• September 27– Casino Night at the World Ag

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Tom Barcellos,53, a lifetimediversified farmerin the Tiptonarea, was namedto the TulareCounty FarmBureau Board ofDirectors to fill avacant positionin District 2. Heis owner of Barcellos Farms and T-Bar Dairy. He also performs manage-

TOM BARCELLOS JOINS FB BOARD

Tom Barcellos

ment and custom farming for others,offering such services as silagechopping; grain, nut and hayharvesting and dairy pond excava-tion.

An early no-till adopter, Barcellosreceived the 2006 ConservationTillage Farmer Innovator awardpresented by the University ofCalifornia and USDA NaturalResources Conservation ServiceConse r va t i on T i l l a g e (CT )Workgroup.

A Tulare County native, Barcellosand his wife, Felomena, live in theremodeled home south of WoodvilleTom's grandparents built and inwhich Tom grew up. They have threegrown children.

As for becoming a Farm Bureauleader, Barcellos said, “I believeparticipation in organizations thatrepresents the interests of all aspectsof production agriculture is critical tothe future well being of all involved. Ibelieve that I can contribute to

discussions on policy and futuredirection.”

He also believes, “Farm Bureau ishighly respected as representing allof agriculture at the local, state andnational levels. There are many otherorganizations that are just asrespected, but more focused inspecific areas.”

Editor's note: The Farm Bureauboard is nearly complete. Onevacancy, each, exists in Districts 4and 5 (corresponds to Board ofSupervisor districts). If you would liketo serve, or know someone who wouldbe a good candidate, call ExecutiveDirector Stever at 559-732-8301.

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Bob McKellar conducts the Family Farm Fresh business at his Seven Sycamores Ranch in Ivanhoe.

Manager Pam Estrada runs the FFF show. Luann Black makes deliveries.

Farmer Kyle Reynolds of KMK Farms near Kingsburg makes a Monday morningdelivery of fresh produce. He says, “Bob McKellar's CSA has been a God-send to us. Itis good, steady business and has allowed us to enlarge our operation.”

McKellar, active in the Visalia Chamber of Commerce, has long promoted a farm-cityinterface. Here a city girl gets friendly with some farm animals at McKellar's memberappreciation day this spring.

FFF Mission StatementOur Mission is to grow, select and deliver to your door nature-fresh, delicious, nutritious fruit,vegetables and farm products grown with pride by Valley Family Farmers — Guaranteed to please.

Bob McKellar is a farmer who

grows citrus on the same land his

father developed near Ivanhoe in

1927.Three years ago he did something

no one in Tulare County had ever

done. He started Family Farm

Fresh, a community-supported

agriculture (CSA) marketing ven-

ture, providing weekly home deliver-

ies of fresh, locally grown food

products to members.What, you ask, is a CSA?

According to Wikipedia, it is a

relatively new socio-economic model

of food production, sales and

distribution aimed at both increas-

ing the quality of food and the

quality of care given the land, plants

and animals, while substantially

reducing potential food losses and

financial risks for the producers.Essentially, it is a farmer's market

on wheels – a way for small farmers

to sell their products directly to

consumers without having to pay a

middle man. Has it been successful?Let's hear it directly from Bob in a

Q&A format:

We are very pleased with Family

Farm Fresh for a variety of reasons.

It is giving people in Tulare and

Kings counties an opportunity to

learn about, receive and enjoy the

bounty that local farmers produce.

Q. You launched your newventure in March, 2005. Are youstill happy with it?

FAMILY FARM FRESH IS NICHE MARKETING AT ITS FINEST

Medium sized baskets await filling for Monday's deliveries to the Hanford, Lemoorearea. Members may order extras such as fresh baked goods, juices, cheese, eggs,honey, olives and olive oil, nuts, raw milk and much more.

We are pleased with the growth and

the kinship we have with our

members.As you know, this is a membership

organization. Our customers pay

one $25 membership fee and are

members from then on. We have

member appreciation events which

are well attended and we enjoy

personal relationships with the

group of farmers who make up

Family Farm Fresh.

We started with about 50 deliver-

ies a month and are now almost to

300 deliveries each week. Our goal is

to reach 500 by the end of the year if

we can. When we reach that point

we will study what we are doing and

make a decision at that time. It is

likely 500 in this area is a comfort-

able number.

We joined the North American

Farmers Direct Marketing Assn. and

go to their gathering each year. From

this Association, we found out who

was doing this successfully and

talked to them. We also looked at all

the websites and stole unabashedly

from their ideas. There is quite a

body of information available due to

the extensive CSAs in Europe,

Q. How many deliveries did youstart with? Where are you now?And do you want to continue togrow or do you plan to level off atsome point?

Q. I know you put in a lot ofresearch on CSAs before youwent into it. Where and what didyou learn? Or, if you prefer,which model did you follow?

Japan and on the East Coast of the

USA.There are several forms of CSAs

and we picked the one that seemed

to work best in this area. We have

developed a model that works

through the generosity of others and

we encourage folks who want to

start up in other areas and help

them as we have been helped.

All of the original farmers are with

us today except for a couple who are

no longer in business, one who

wanted guarantees not possible and

one we chose to discontinue. When

we started it was more difficult to

explain the concept and get farmers

to participate. Now, however,

farmers are seeking us out to be

included. We do not need oranges or

plums but we work hard to include

the area's entire bounty in our

baskets.

Your question about customers is

more difficult to answer. We still

have members who started with us.

We have members who have been

with us a long time. We have cus-

tomers who grow their own gardens

Q. Are any of your originalfarmers with you today?

Q. How about customers? What% stayed with you?

and leave us in June and come back

in Sept. We have members who

discontinue deliveries for personal

reasons and come back later. We

have members who join only to

discover they do not cook as much

as they thought they did when

baskets come each week and they

haven't used last week's up yet. The

first question our Manager, Pam

Estrada, asks now is “do you cook?

how often? and how many are in

your family?”

Word of mouth and publications

have been kind to us, featuring what

we do in articles.

We charge a modest delivery fee -

$1.25 to nearby communities and

$2.00 to outlying areas. Fuel prices

will cause us to raise these fees

somewhat in the near future. We do

have discounts for delivering

multiple baskets to one location and

we have raised our produce price

only once since we started.

The future is now. We have just

added raw milk to our availability

list and we are studying frozen,

local, range-raised beef, poultry,

lamb and pork. We are buying

Q. You do not advertise. Howdid you grow?

Q. What are these high fuelprices doing to your business?

Q. What's on tap for the future?

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Proteus Inc., in business for 40years, constantly develops new andinnovative projects to serve the needsof Agribusiness in the San JoaquinValley.

Two years ago, Proteus staff metwith members of the farm bureaus ofTulare, Fresno, and Kings Counties todiscuss the needs of farmers andranchers, agricultural labor contrac-tors and dairymen. It brought to lightthe need within the agricultureindustry for “subsidized” short-termagriculture-based training that wouldcross-train experienced farm workers.

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In July 2006, the EmploymentDevelopment Department awardedProteus, Inc., a total of $400,000 tooperate the project in Tulare, Kings,and Fresno counties. The projectprovided agriculture workers withshort-term skill upgrade trainings andother services so they could maintainyear-round employment within theagriculture sector.

Many agriculture businessesbenefited from the project through “nocost” training for their employees thatresulted in better trained, more skilledworkers. Some of the free offeringsincluded farm equipment operationand GPS technology, agriculturewelding, irrigation, truck driving,conversational English for Spanishspeaking farm workers, and dairyherd management.

The success of the AgricultureStabilization Project was madepossible through the strong collabora-tion among the project's partners.These partners were: Proteus, Inc.,Tulare County Farm Bureau,Agriculture Division of College ofSequoias, California EmploymentDevelopment Department, and theSouthern Ca l i f o rn ia Ed isonAgriculture Technology Center.

Working together, the project served110 agriculture workers and agribusi-nesses with employment and trainingservices in the three county area. Formore information, contact DanRamirez at (559) 627-0100.

Proteus DevelopsNew Programsfor Agribusiness

ATTENTION: New members can join online at www.joinfb.comor renew at www.cfbf.com

Executive Committee

Livestockyards Representative

Young Farmers &

Ranchers Representative

District 1 Representatives





Commodity Advisory State Committee Representatives

President

2 Vice President Steve Godlin

(559) 804-8680

Treasurer Chris Giannini

(559) 901-2825

Immediate Past President

CFBF District Director

Livestockyards Chairman Sam Travioli

(559) 636-3062

YF&R Chair Josh Pitigliano

(559) 752-4319

Keith Cosart (559) 592-2821

Kevin Kohnen (559) 564-0146

Terry Langiano (559) 686-2079

Joey Airoso (559) 967-5258

Tom Barcellos (559) 730-6895

Beth Baxley (559) 625-9615

Brian Blain (559) 732-5365

Irene Bly (559) 798-0346

Jon Dolieslager (559) 591-0884

Joel Merritt (559) 784-8916

Roger Everett (559) 333-0283

(vacant)

Apiary Paul Godlin

Beef Cattle Jon Dolieslager

Citrus/Avocado Chris Lange

Dairy Joey Airoso

Food Safety & Biotechnology Brody Blain

Forestry Jeff Gletne

Grapes Eric Shannon

Hay Justin Nuckols

Horticulture Sal Soriano

Sugar Beets/Dry Beans

Edward Needham

(559) 977-7282

1 Vice President Larry Peltzer

(559) 798-0051

Keith Watkins

(559) 834-5345

Nancy Pitigliano

(559) 752-4319

Domenic Fino (559) 679-4141

Jason George (559) 591-3535

(vacant)

Public Lands Larry Duysen

Specialty Crops Craig Knudson

Terry Baker

OPEN

Education (co-chairs) Sandi Gist-Langiano

David Sharp

Fundraiser OPEN

Land Use Brian Blain

Marketing Bob McKellar

Membership Ed NeedhamProperty Keith Watkins

Rural Health & Safety Larry Stoneburner, M.D.

Scholarship Chris Giannini

Water Resources Keith Watkins

YF&R State Rep Michael DePaoli

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Membership Classifications

Business Support Member Annual Dues: $250/year

Voting Member Annual Dues: $125/year

Sustaining Member Annual Dues: $105/year

Membership includes all available member benefits including the monthly Tulare CountyFarm Bureau NEWS, plus a Business Support listing in each month's newspaper, as wellas special discounted advertising rates for the newspaper.

Individuals who receive income from production agriculture join as Voting Members.Membership includes all available member benefits, including the monthly TulareCounty Farm Bureau NEWS, as well as the weekly Ag Alert®, California's number oneagricultural newspaper.

All others join as Sustaining Members. Membership includes all available memberbenefits, including the monthly Tulare County Farm Bureau NEWS, as well as the bi-monthly California Country, filled with useful information and background on foodproduction, home gardening and other subjects.

Calendar} July 2008 Tulare County Farm Bureau News Page 9

Orchard Removal by

New methods

remove more

roots & reduce

clean-up costs!

Nuts • Citrus • Stone Fruit (661) 746-2623

Medfly is a bad word ...I was noodling around my Monday morning e-mails,

thinking how lucky we are not to have been involved in thelatest food flap over Roma, red and plum tomatoes, whenup popped an astounding notice. Medfly had been found inTulare County! I wanted to know more. When Deputy AgCommissioner Marilyn Kinoshita answered the phone, sheresponded to my “how are you” query succinctly – “Couldbe better.” I was just one of her early press calls. She knewshe was in for many more. The bad news came to TulareCounty on Fri. the 13th. A Medfly, discovered on a trap in adooryard fruit tree on the west side of Hwy 99 nearTeviston, had been sent to the state laboratory for positiveidentification. Word back was – it's a wild male. This set ourpeople into motion, putting out traps in a 4.5 mile radiusfrom the find. Some staffers even worked the traps over theweekend on Father's day.

If it's any consolation, said Kinoshita, “this is a no-man'sland with very little host material” and no commercialoperations. She's hoping it's just another “hitchhiker” onone of the many trucks that barrel through the Valley onthe 99. Others have been found near the 99 before.Quarantine will only be triggered if two or more other maleflies are found or a mated female. As traps turned up clean,later e-mails from Konishita were gleefully titled, “goodnews” and “more celebrating.” At press time no other flieshad been trapped.

Editor’s Notes...

July8 YF&R Meeting9 Dairy Welfare Workshop

10 Opposition to Edison's Rte 311 Stone Fruit Variety Display & Research Update Seminar

15 TCFB Finance Committee17 TCFB Land Use Committee18 YF&R Glo Ball

– Information: Josh Pitigliano, 559-359-1906, 9:30am – 2:30pm, UC Veterinary Medical

Research Center, Tulare; Information: Carolyn Stull 530-752-0855 orDelaina Matz 530-752-6630.

, Exeter Memorial Building, 7pm, 8 a.m.

Kearney Agricultural Research & Extension Center, Parlier, 3 p.m.

, 3 p.m.– Information: Josh Pitigliano, 559-359-1906

PACE

Note: The TCFB board of directors will not meet in July. The next meeting of the

Board will take place August 14 in the Farm Bureau Assembly Hall. The Executive

Committee will continue to meet monthly.

Welcome, New TCFB Members

V = voting member S = sustaining member BS = business support

April 5, 2008 - May 31, 2008DISTRICT 1

DISTRICT 3

S, Brian Gambini, Exeter

S, Thomas & Sherry Cutler, Visalia

S, Sara Davis, Visalia

V, Briana Lagomarsino, Visalia

S, Chad & Liz Patton, Visalia

V, Promax Labor Group, LLC,

Las Vegas, NV

V, Sequoia Ag Svc LLC, Visalia

DISTRICT 4

DISTRICT 5

V, Tom Babb, Woodlake

S, Sally Tripp, Dinuba

S, Brian Coles, Porterville

S, Darrell & Lupe Cox, Porterville

V, Michael DePaoli, Terra Bella

S, Jesse & Winnie Harman,

Porterville

S, Norma & Jack Imel, Springville

She speaks, others listen ...

Laurena did too, and does…

Tricia's column this month is about “Telling Your Story.”And, believe me, she does – to area service clubs, boardsand commissions, etc. And she does it well. She wasinvited to speak at two large conferences this summer, butcould only accept one because of time constraints and herexecutive director duties. Both invitations resulted fromthe good job she did as a speaker at the Common Threadsmorning workshop on women's roles in philanthropy –giving of time, talent and treasure.

Speak out for agriculture, that is. Tricia played animportant role in helping Fresno County Farm Bureauwith the logistics of setting up ag tours for 300 guests fromthe National Ag Business Management conference in mid-June. Four buses went to such places as Bravo Farms,Kearney Ag Center, Simonian Fruit Company, ElkhornDairy, Baloian Packing. All converged on the VisaliaConvention Center for lunch. Former TCFB executivedirector Laurena Johnson was the tour guide on one of thebuses. I predicted she'd be pooped at the end of the day.She said it was a long day and she was pooped, but it wasworth it. “These were all Midwest folks – mostly notfarmers but accountants and consultants that work withfarmers. Most had never been to California and never tothe Valley. They gave me the mike and away I went – theyprobably know more about CA ag than they ever wanted toknow. But I enjoyed it and I'm glad I did it.”

That's the kind of volunteers we like.

Shirley Kirkpatrick


592-2121

Nutrius, LLC

Superior Supplements

Western Milling LLC

Armstrong Olive Co.

Bell-Carter Olive Co.

Cal Bean & Grain Cooperative

Ruiz Food Products, Inc.

City of Visalia

Miracle Ear Hearing Center

ABAA Visalia Ranch,

Anton Caratan & Son

Winfried Baur

Hester Orchards

Halopoff & Sons

LeyCon, Inc.

Ron Michaelis

Bob C. Nuckols/Justin Nuckols

PB Ranches

Peterson Farms

Tri-T Farms

Whitson Farming, LTD.

California Controlled Atmosphere

Scout Specialties,

Consolidated Peoples Ditch Co.

Agri-Valley Irrigation, Inc., Rod Cantrell

Bennett & Bennett Irrigation

Bowsmith

Fruit Growers Supply

Hydratec

Rain for Rent,

Alberto Robles

Chavez Farm Labor Service

Jose Martinez Labor Contractor

M & G Harvesting

Mountain View Ag Services

Orange Belt Ag Enterprises

R.A. Franco Farm Labor

Salud Tapia Farm Labor

Valley Pacific Farm Labor

Barnett Land Leveling Co.

C & D Orchard Laser Leveling

Laser Land Finishing, Inc.

39494 Clarkson Dr.,Kingsburg 897-5862

Kristi L. Mefford, General Manager4375 N. West St., Tulare 707-9019

PO Box 1029, Goshen, 302-1001

18589 Rd 232, Porterville781-7944

PO Box 338, Orange Cove 626-4411

Drawer D, Pixley 757-3581

501 S. Alta, Dinuba 591-5510

425 E. Oak Ave. Ste. 301, Visalia

4006 S. Demaree, Visalia 732-5905

Claude Atkins15430 Avenue 296, Visalia 733-7350

1625 Rd. 160, Delano 661-725-2575

PO Box 3749, Visalia 818-678-1228

PO Box 536, Farmersville 594-5025

19480 Rd. 244, Strathmore 568-1102

PO Box 847, Exeter 592-4913

31734 Mill Dr., Springville

13144 Road 216, Porterville 784-2793, Gabriel Pena

12843 Ave. 416, Orosi 528-6997

26789 Rd. 188, Exeter 592-5274

29630 Rd. 44, Visalia 651-1301Kerry Whitson

18425 Avenue 264, Exeter 592-5860

39138 Road 56, Dinuba 591-8874

Gary & Carolyn Lunsford148 North M St., Dinuba 591-8234

James Silva, Jr.P.O. Box 366, Farmersville 747-1177

PO Box 11881, Fresno 285-3893

P.O. Box 190, Selma 896-0200

131 Second St., Exeter 592-9485

131 Rd 204, Woodlake 564-3525

County Line Rd & Rd 192 Delano 725-6656Mitch Martin

2474 W. Whitesbridge, Fresno 485-5610

PO Box 334, Exeter 592-9103

Tony Chavez, Jr.PO Box 1349, Porterville 539-3029

15364 Avenue 328, Ivanhoe 798-1071Miguel Gutierrez

PO Box 24, Lindsay 217-8194

Leonard Hutchinson41727 Road 125, Orosi 528-4756

Jesse OntiverosPO Box 1231, Porterville 784-0829

20084 Avenue 360, Woodlake 564-3620805-5390

296 N. Cambridge, Visalia 651-5900

Guadalupe Marroquin41629 Rd. 120, Orosi 696-5485

2300 N. Gill Rd., Exeter 592-2767

16536 Ave. 288, Exeter594-4769, 741-9613 or 625-4149

P.O. Box 694, Visalia 732-4292

FOOD PROCESSING

GOVERNMENT

HEARING AIDS

INDIVIDUAL

INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION

INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES

IRRIGATION DISTRICT

IRRIGATION SYSTEMS& SUPPLIES

LABOR CONTRACTOR

LAND LEVELING/RIPPING/ORCHARD REMOVAL

DIRECTORY OF FARM BUREAU BUSINESS MEMBERSBECOME A BUSINESS SUPPORT MEMBER

www.joinfb.com • 559-732-8301Tulare County Farm Bureau offers a special category of membership for those interested in supporting Farm Bureau as business owners. If youhave a business, or merely want to show your support for the organization, your membership in the Business Support category is encouraged.Here's what you get in return for your annual dues:

You will also receive the appreciation and support of the agricultural industry and Tulare County Farm Bureau members.Join us to accomplish our mission:

.

To promote and enhance the viability of Tulare County agriculture.

Moore Aviation, Inc.

Exeter Mercantile, Bob Schelling

Farmers Tractor & Equipment Co.

Kings River Tractor

Lawrence Tractor Co., Inc.

Linder Equipment Co.

Quality Machinery

Biagro Western Sales, Inc.

Crumbliss & Horton, Inc.

Central Valley Management, Inc.

Crinklaw Farm Service

Eastside Chemicals, Inc.

Eric Black, Spectrum Group

Gillespie Ag Service, Dana Gillespie

Joaquin, Inc.

Leffingwell Ag Sales

Natural Resources Group

Orange Belt Supply & Co.

Soil Basics Corp

SprayCo LLC

Tulare Ag Products

Agricultural Services Inc.

BioWorld Products LLC

Central California Implement


Shannon Bros. Co., Inc.

Tulare Firestone, Inc.

BASF Agricultural Research Station

Fruit Growers Laboratory, Inc.

Research for Hire

Turf Solutions, Inc.

Valley Tech Agricultural Services

Orosi Rock

Clevenger Ford

Jim Manning Dodge Chrysler Jeep

Surroz Motors, Inc.

Will Tiesiera Ford Mercury

Pixley Auto Parts & Farm Supply

A.G. Edwards & Sons

PO Box 868, Tulare 686-3476

258 E. Pine, Exeter

1132 S. Main St., Porterville 784-4967, John Kellogg

1347 N. Century St., Visalia 627-0303

2530 E. Main St., Visalia 734-7406

311 E. Kern, Tulare 685-5000

3820 S. K St., Tulare 686-8701

Peter Alvitre35801 Road 132, Visalia 635-4784

24569 Ave 90 Terra Bella 535-4463

Frank Marshall, Sr.36040 Rd. 172, Visalia 798-1821

Dave & Tami Crinklaw13827 S. Zediker, Kingsburg 897-1077

5612 S. Hills Valley Rd.Orange Cove 626-4091

11878 Ave. 328, Visalia 733-1472

15301 Road 192, Porterville 784-9021

1349 N. “M” St., Tulare 686-6938

23576 Ave 96, Terra Bella 535-4461

34284 Road 196, Woodlake 564-1236

25244 Rd 204, Lindsay 562-2574

PO Box 2609, Visalia 651-2772

P.O. Box 7090, Visalia 625-9416, Robert Prather

3703 S. K Street, Tulare 686-5115

, Daniel DreyerPO Box 548, Lindsay 592-4297

Dale BarnesPO Bos 2920, Visalia 651-2042

1480 W. Inyo, Tulare 686-4747

934 W. Scranton, Porterville 781-4461

24478 Rd 140, Tulare 686-4701

Lionel Pires362 South K. St., Tulare 686-3313

10181 Ave 416, Dinuba 591-2548

3935 W. Victor, Visalia 734-9473John Corkins

1696 S. Leggett, Porterville 784-5787

3324 S. Jackie St., Visalia636-1833

2120 S. K St., Tulare 688-5684

Gary Shekerjian14600 Ave. 420, Orosi 802-0029

Truman Clevenger701 N. Main, Porterville 784-6000

194 W. Tulare St., Dinuba591-4910

3000 S. Mooney Blvd, Visalia 732-4700

2101 E Cross, Tulare 688-7471

418 S. Main St., Pixley 757-3574

David C. Sharp3700 W. Mineral King, Visalia 636-8590

800-688-8590



Lampe Dodge Chrysler Jeep

46031 Rd 124, Orange Cove 626-4629

131 Rd 204, Woodlake 564-3525

1950 S. Blackstone, Tulare 686-7677

AG-AVIATION SERVICES

AG EQUIPMENT

AG FERTILIZER &CHEMICALS SALES &APPLICATIONS

AG & INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES& SERVICES

AG-RESEARCH/TESTING& CONSULTING

AGGREGATES

AUTO DEALERS

AUTO PARTS

BANKING/FINANCIAL SERVICES

Bank of the Sierra Ag CreditPO Box 1930, Porterville 782-4432Farm Credit West

Rabobank

Tri Counties Bank

Tucoemas Federal Credit Union

Valley Business Bank

Westwood Capital Services / Dennis Sexton

Battery Systems

A-Peltzer Enterprises

Baker Topping, Inc.

Brush Control Inc.

McKeller Farms, Inc.

Milinich Enterprises, Inc.

Muller Farming

Peltzer Topping & Hedging

Reynolds Ranches

Kaweah River Rock Co.

Ralph Fuller Electric

Sierra Forest Products

W & E Electric

Next Step Communications

Anchor Warehouse Services

First Street Commodities & Cold Storage

Earthwise Organics

New Era Farm Services

Tulare County Compost & Biomass Inc.

Jess Smith & Sons Cotton, LLC

Mid-Valley Cotton Growers Inc.

Amaral Dairy Service

Land O’Lakes

Randy Gorzeman

Nunes Bros. Dairy

Wasnick Bros. Dairy Supply

Warren Hettinga Dairy, et al

E and M Commodities

Premier Pacific Trading

Advanced BioTech LLC

Cal-Agro Seed Co., Inc.

3000 W. Main, Visalia 732-4501Michael Wiley

618 W. Main St., Visalia 741-2011

2914 W. Main St., Visalia 741-2940

2300 W. Whitendale, Visalia 732-8892, Don Gilles

200 S. Court St., Visalia 622-9000

813 W. Oak Ave. #C, Visalia 741-9400

, Ron Roth1601 E. Main St, Visalia 651-0245

PO Box 48, Ivanhoe 798-1034cell 804-1333

Mike Baker 804-4045Mark Baker 804-480233198 Rd 168, Visalia 798-8011


Jim Stailey Cell 906-0247PO Box 189, Ivanhoe Office 798-0557

Jon Milinich21275 Road 192, Lindsay 280-4747

, Patrick MullerJack Rabbit Chipping Services 732-1236

PO Box 10209, Terra Bella 789-9446Scott Reynolds

1389 S Westwood Ave., Lindsay 287-0000

P.O. Box 515, Woodlake 564-3302

253 W. Pine, Exeter 592-4633

9000 Rd. 234, Terra Bella535-4893, Cabinetry

12686 Ave 416, Orosi 528-3866

Bart Lang1307 S. Mooney, Visalia 636-1600

Garth Ramseier970 E. Meyer Dr., Exeter 592-4111

401 First St, Exeter 594-9195

PO Box 9927, Fresno 275-3300

23004 Rd. 140, Tulare 686-3833

Gary Birdsong, Pres. / John Jones, Mgr.24478 Rd. 140, Tulare 686-1622

Libanio MendesPO Box 1187, Bakersfield (661) 325-7231

PO Box 901, Tulare 686-2823

413 North I St. Tulare 686-9644

400 South M, Tulare 687-8287

9599 Ave. 88, Pixley 757-3522

20439 Road 124, Tulare 686-0643

1012 North J, Tulare 686-4581

13002 Avenue 128, Tipton 752-4012

5934 W. Cutler, Visalia, 738-3176

121 E. Main St., Visalia 625-7040


6908 Ave 304, Visalia, 651-CORN

BATTERY SPECIALIST

BRUSH SHREDDING/TREETOPPING/HEDGING

BUILDING CONTRACTORS,SUPPLIES, ETC.

CELLULARCOMMUNICATIONS

COLD STORAGE

COMPOST SALES

COTTON

DAIRY

DEALER/BROKER

ENVIRONMENTAL

FEED SUPPLEMENTS& INGREDIENTS

Wood Bros., Inc.

Arrow Head Cattle Co.

Bamford Dairy Cattle LLC

Stuhaan Cattle

Tulare County Stockyard Inc.

Visalia Livestock Market

L E Cooke Co.

F&J Recycling (Orchard Removal)

California Grape & Tree Fruit League

Central California Tristeza EradicationAgency

College of the Sequoias Farm

Kings River Conservation District

Porterville Chamber of Commerce

Tulare Chamber of Commerce

Tulare County Fair

Tulare County Sheriff’s Dept - Prison Farm

Visalia Chamber of Commerce

Gillette Citrus Co.

Golden Maid Packers

Paul Enos Packing, Inc.

Sequoia Orange Co., Inc.

Venida Packing Company

Visalia Citrus Packing GroupGolden State Packers

MAF Industries, Inc.

Delta Liquid Energy

Don Rose Oil Co., Inc.

Jack Griggs, Inc.

J.C. Lansdowne Inc.

Valley Pacific Petroleum Services

Fiesta Fruit Inc.

The Chuck Olsen Company

Trinity Fruit Sales

Buckman-Mitchell, Inc.

DEH & Associates, CPA

Dennis R. Keller/James H. Wegley, WaterEngineers

Bret Bastrire, CPA

Franklin & Associates Taxes, Bookkeeping,Financial Planning, Real Estate

Gilman, Harris & Travioli, CPA

, Don WoodPO Box 216, Lemoore 924-7715

,Bill Freeman9303 W. Airport Dr, Visalia 625-9900

Gale, Arlene & Todd Bamford3212 Ave. 352, Traver 897-1800

, Dane Stuhaan4811 Ave 272, Visalia 688-7695

Jon Dolieslager9641 Ave. 384, Dinuba 591-0884

, Randy BaxleyPO Box 2529, Visalia 625-9615

26333 Rd. 140, Visalia, 732-9146

Fritz Stieb3745 W. Caldwell Ave. #B, Visalia 804-4420

Barry Bedwell, President1540 E. Shaw, Ste. 120, Fresno 226-6330

22847 Rd. 140, Tulare, 686–4973

2245 S. Linwood, Visalia,730-3916

4886 E. Jensen Ave., Fresno 237-5567

93 N. Main, Ste A, Porterville 784-7502

26 North L St,Tulare 686-1547

215 Martin Luther King Jr., Tulare 686-4707

Tom Guinn36000 Rd. 112, Visalia 93291

220 N. Santa Fe, Visalia 734-5876

10175 S.Anchor Ave., Dinuba 626-4236

19812 Rd 232, Strathmore 568-2030

14257 Ave. 320, Visalia 738-8331

150 W. Pine, Exeter 592-9455

Verne Crookshanks19823 Ave. 300, Exeter, 592-2816

19743 Ave. 344, Woodlake 564-3351

Denny Bilton, Director of SalesPO Box 218, Traver 897-2905

(propane)Dennis Parker648 N Farmersville Blvd, Farmersville

747-0618

205 N. Ben Maddox Way, Visalia 733-4717

1149 S. Kaweah Ave, Exeter 592-3154

8601 W. Roosevelt Ave, Visalia 651-1760

1633 E. Mineral King, Visalia 732-8381

Patrick Inkster507 W. School, Visalia

PO Box 6487, Visalia, 651-5900

David White 322-71009493 N Fort Washington Ste 102, Fresno

301 W. Main, Visalia 733-1181

David Hebebrand, 831 W. Morton Ave.,Porterville 781-2153

209 S. Locust, Visalia 732-7938

3330 W Mineral King #C, Visalia 625-9240

Paul Franklin65 W Olive, Porterville 782-1941

320 W. Oak, Visalia 627-2725

LIVESTOCK

NURSERY PRODUCTS

ORCHARD REMOVAL

OTHER ORGANIZATIONS

PACKING HOUSES

PACKING HOUSEEQUIPMENT SUPPLIER

PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTORS& PRODUCTS

PRODUCE BROKERAGE &MARKETING

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

M. Green and Company LLC

Hocking Denton Palmquist, CPA

Horswill, Mederos & Soares, Attorneys

Mitchell Insurance Services

MVP Premier Insurance

Nielsen & Associates Insurance

NSE Insurance Agencies, Inc.

Pine, Langley/Pedroncelli, Inc., CPA

Rauber & Johnson, Attorneys

R L Schafer & Associates

Ron Frazier, Financial Consulting

State Compensation Insurance Fund

Steve Bratcher & Associates, CPA

Valley Industrial & Family Medical Group

Vollmer, Daniel, Gaebe & Grove, CPA

Ward R. Stringham, Attorney at Law

Pearson Realty

The Ranch Company

AAA Security Inc.

TriCal Inc

Citrus Research Board

Proteus Inc.

E M Tharp, Inc.

Central Valley Roll-off & Recycling

Ensave Inc. / Ag Efficiency Plus

Southern California Edison

Gerald Haggard

Valley Veterinarians, Inc.

Doug DeLeo Welding Inc

Cal Gro Pump Service Inc.

Kaweah Pump, Inc.

US Farm Systems

Willitts Equipment Co, Inc

Kens Stakes & Supplies

Kevin M Green308 South M St., Tulare 688-7401

3326 W. Mineral King Ave, Visalia 625-4444

791 N. Cherry, Tulare 686-3861

Kelly Mitchell2236 W. Sunnyside #3A, Visalia 713-1315

737 N Ben Maddox Way, Visalia 738-0126

Bill Nielsen502 N Kaweah, Exeter (800) 842-8818

Ken Stevens160 South D, Exeter 592-9411

William Pine5100 W. Cypress, Visalia 625-9800

James C. Johnson1007 N. Demaree St., Visalia 741-1800

Engineers/Surveyors/GIS Mapping2904 W. Main St., Visalia 734-1348

10885 Ave. 360, Visalia 738-8523

Joe Gonzalez, District Manager10 River Park Place East, Fresno 433-2600

1124 N. Chinowth Rd., Visalia 627-6916

225 S. Chinowth, Visalia 627-3222755 E. Terrace, Tulare 685-8800

100 Willow Plaza, Suite 400, Visalia 733-1051

756 E. Tulare Ave., Tulare 686-1747

, Jim Olivas1820 S. Central St. #C, Visalia, 732-7300

, John Grimmius3904 W. Caldwell, Visalia, 733-3232

321 E. Noble, Bldg. C, Farmersville 594-5600

P.O. Box 1327, Hollister 651–0140

323 W. Oak, Visalia 738-0246

1830 N. Dinuba Blvd., Visalia 733-5423

15243 Rd. 192, Porterville 782-5800


(incentives & free energy audits)Katherine Long, Program Manager

800-791-7541

2425 S. Blackstone St., Tulare 738-5600

251 South F St, Exeter 594-5215

2861 S. K St., Tulare 686-1447

PO Box 878, Lindsay 562-3700

Bob TracyPO Box 335, Dinuba 591-4702

15499 Ave 280, Visalia 747-0755, John Houle

4555 South “K”, Tulare, 685-0340

15445-B Ave. 296, Visalia 734-6342

193 S. Mariposa Ave,Visalia 747-1313

QUALITY CONTROL

REAL ESTATE SALES &DEVELOPMENT

SECURITY

SOIL FUMIGATION

STATE MARKETING ORDER

TRAINING & EMPLOYMENT

TRUCK & TRAILER

TWINE RECYCLING

UTILITIES

VETERINARY SERVICES

WELDING FABRICATION

WELLS/PUMPS/PIPE

WOOD STAKES

Fresh Buyers Inspections, Inc, Kevin BenoPO Box 3745, Visalia(559) 733-5556

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Page 12 Tulare County Farm Bureau News July 2008

The mitigation measures identifiedprimarily address constructionrelated emission controls, but do notspeak adequately to emissions thatwill be generated by operation of thecomplex. These impacts should befurther analyzed and mitigationmeasures established to address thecomplex's future generation ofemissions as a result of racing events

conducted at the site.

Farm Bureau recognizesthe extreme drought conditions thatexist in California and the overdraftconditions of the valley's waterbasins, which will require communi-ties throughout the San JoaquinValley to rely on the development ofnew water supplies, storage andconveyance methods to ensure anadequate supply of water for existingdomestic, industrial, and agricul-

Significant and CumulativeImpac t s to Groundwate rResources:

tural use. Any new projects beingconsidered should have to berequired to demonstrate that theywill not negatively impact existingground water and surface watersupplies. In our opinion the DEIR isdeficient in addressing the impactsand consumption of water resourcesthat will be required for this largeproject.

A complex withhotels, restaurants, and retail

Significant Traffic CongestionIncreases Impacting Critical AgTransportation:

shopping of this size will increasetraffic and congestion to the Highway99 corridor and impact surface roadsand streets including highwayinterchanges.

All of these transportation routesare heavily utilized and providecritical infrastructure for agriculturein this part of the county. Namely,milk processing trucks and other preand post-harvest equipment, agricul-tural vehicles and implements andgoods movement from the farm tomarket will be potentially impacted.

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