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Musco Family Olive working to boost consumer access and acceptance of California table olives

Todd Fitchette, Associate Editor

October 31, 2019

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California table olive production received a breath of life last year when the U.S. International Trade Commission agreed with American growers that foreign subsidies were unfairly harming the U.S. industry. This led to a 37.5 percent tariff on imported olives.

Musco Family Olive Company in Tracy, Calif. benefitted from this, and shortly thereafter gave new contracts to California growers who had their contracts from Bell-Carter suddenly terminated at the beginning of the 2019 growing season.

Musco is working to grow the California industry by offering a limited number of nursery trees at no cost to growers willing to engage in mechanical harvest practices and other modern practices within their olive orchards. The comnpany is also embarked on the expansion of their Tracy processing plant.

About the Author(s)

Todd Fitchette

Associate Editor, Western Farm Press

Todd Fitchette, associate editor with Western Farm Press, spent much of his journalism career covering agriculture in California and the western United States. Aside from reporting about issues related to farm production, environmental regulations and legislative matters, he has extensive experience covering the dairy industry, western water issues and politics. His journalistic experience includes local daily and weekly newspapers, where he was recognized early in his career as an award-winning news photographer.

Fitchette is US Army veteran and a graduate of California State University, Chico. 

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