The San Joaquin Valley is home to some of the premier agricultural land in the United States, with the region producing a wide variety of agriculture products that are exported around the world.

The San Joaquin Valley is approximately 27,478 square miles in area. Of this area, 7,948 square miles are considered prime farmland, farmland of statewide importance, or “unique farmland based upon research done by the California Department of Conservation.

Sage Fruit Co. is a sales and marketing firm of Northwest tree fruits, located in Yakima, WA.

“Our Northwest cherry crop spans from Southeastern Washington, through The Dalles/Hood River Oregon, up through the Yakima Valley, then shifts north through Wenatchee and Chelan up to the Canadian border,” said Kaci Komstadius, vice president of marketing for the company.

For the 2024 season, Sage Fruit will carry conventional and organic dark sweets, as well as rainier cherries.

The goal of Nash Produce is simple: support the family farms in North Carolina that grow some of the best sweet potatoes, as well as the retailers who sell them.

That takes a lot of hard work and innovation, and recently the company, headquartered in Nashville, NC, is focusing a lot of its efforts in investing in operations and becoming more efficient in various areas.

Cherries are at the heart of CMI Orchards’ operations as one of the main items it grows, packs and ships. With one of the widest selection of cherries in the market, including Red and Rainier varieties in both conventional and organic and its branded options like Skylar Rae and Strawberry Cherries, the company caters to diverse shopper preferences.

For Progressive Produce and Keystone Fruit Marketing, Walla Walla sweet onions are vital to their year-round program.

The team at Grapeco Farms, a Delano, CA-based company that was founded by industry veterans Jared Lane and Robert Cadena, is busy at work with the Mexican grape season, which is one of the strongest production areas for the company.

Grapeco is one of the first farms to get started with early fruit, and also one of the last to finish.

“We started Mexico a little bit later than we thought we would due to the cold March,” Lane said. “We started harvesting right around May 13, and volume is ramping up, and it looks like it’s going to be a very fruitful Mexican season.”