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2009 AG BUSINESS AWARD
Baker, Peterson & Franklin, Certified Public Accountants, is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2009 Baker, Peterson & Franklin Ag Business Award is Errotabere Ranches of Riverdale. Errotabere Ranches exemplifies a leading for-profit ag organization whose achievements and impact have significantly contributed to the ag industry and the Central Valley. The Baker, Peterson & Franklin Ag Business Award honors a for-profit service or product-related agribusiness or farming entity headquartered in the Central San Joaquin Valley. The award recipient is selected by a committee representing the local agribusiness industry and the BP&F Ag Department. The past 13 recipients are: Harris Farms of Coalinga, Borba Farms of Riverdale, National Raisin Co. of Fowler, Ballantine Produce Co. of Sanger, Woolf Enterprises of Fresno, Producers Dairy Foods of Fresno, P-R Farms of Clovis, J&L Vineyards of Fresno, Fowler Packing Company, Joseph Gallo Farms of Atwater, Wawona Frozen Foods of Clovis, Wilbur-Ellis Western Division, and Zacky Farms of Fresno. The family operation dates back to the 1920s, when a great uncle began farming. Jean Sr, father of Dan, Jean and Remi, joined his brother on the Riverdale ranch in the 1940s. Upon their father’s death, brothers Dan, Jean and Remi took over the 800-acre cotton farming operation in 1979. Today, the brother team runs a 6000-acre diversified farming operation which includes pima cotton, almonds, pistachios, tomatoes, garlic, onions, alfalfa seed, wheat, lettuce and cantaloupes. They have progressively applied water efficiencies and technology to better utilize the scarce resource of water. This brother team is each responsible for a specific facet of the business – finances, crop production and farm equipment. The Errotabere brothers have a legacy of leadership in the agricultural industry and the Valley community. They are stewards of the land and tireless advocates for agricultural awareness. Dan has been a crusader for ag water issues ranging from testifying before the House Subcommittee on Water to being instrumental in negotiating the historical treaty between the Westlands Water District and the Friant Water Users Authority in 2004. The three brothers are actively involved in Riverdale schools and CSUF’s Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology. They support Community Medical Centers, Children’s Hospital of Central California, and have been active in the local United Cerebral Palsy Association. Errotabere Ranches has a long and distinguished record of positive leadership, entrepreneurship, and service to the agriculture industry and our community making them the 2009 Baker, Peterson & Franklin Ag Business Award recipient. Errotabere Ranches will be honored at the Ag Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, November 18 at the Holiday Inn Downtown in Fresno. The Baker, Peterson & Franklin Ag Business Award and the Fresno Chamber Agriculturist of the Year, Fred Machado, will both be presented. Luncheon tickets are $40 and tables of 8 are $320. Luncheon tickets are available through the Greater Fresno Chamber of Commerce, (559) 495-4800.
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