Episode 99: Economics and Agronomics with Mel Machado

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May 27, 202631:34Business

Mel Machado joins the Journey to provide a wide-ranging “state of the almond orchard” discussion. Machado is the Chief Agricultural Officer at Blue Diamond Growers and discusses the current challenging grower economics,...

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