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Nearly all of Prima Wawona’s tree fruit acreage sells

- General News
As the Prima Wawona Cutler, CA, liquidation proceeds, two well-known California grower-shippers have partnered to buy 5,000 acres.

Stone fruit giant Prima Wawona plans to liquidate

- General News
Prima Wawona Cutler, CA, plans to liquidate and has given employees 60-day termination notices, according to recent court filings.

UPDATE: Trinity withdraws motion against Prima Wawona

- General News
On November 3, Trinity Fruit Company, Inc. argued that the expedited sale prevents Trinity from receiving payment of $42,790 plus 18 percent annual interest, which it says is guaranteed under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

Private equity and the fall of California’s largest stone fruit producer

- Analysis
The bankruptcy of Prima Wawona, California’s largest stone fruit producer, sent shocks throughout the industry.

Prima Wawona files Chapter 11 to facilitate sale

- General News
Prima Wawona, the industry's largest producer of stone fruit, today announced that it is transitioning ownership of the Company and recapitalizing the business.

Prima Wawona announces major stone fruit expansion

- General News
Prima Wawona, the world’s leading grower and marketer of conventional and organic peaches, nectarines, plums, and apricots today announced that it is expanding its acreage by another 2600 acres devoted to growing Stone Fruit.

FDA updates peach outbreak investigation, source not determined

- General News
As of October 15, 2020, CDC reported a total of 101 cases across 17 states.