Panelists: • Mel Machado , Vice President of Member Relations, Blue Diamond Growers (Moderator) • Dr. Joel Siegel , Research Entomologist, US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service • Trent Voss , Regional Manager, Blue Diamond Growers • Carla Youngblood , Regional Manager, Blue Diamond Growers Growers Connect Marketplace Blue Diamond ’s Procurement Team is creating a new platform that provides our members lower prices and larger
Deep Dive on Navel Orangeworm. Photo credit: Mari Patterson
discounts on a wide range of products, services and inputs. Blue Diamond ’s Coe Hawkins and others discussed how the Growers Connect Marketplace combines Blue Diamond ’s procurement experts with grower insights to offer reduced discounts, higher rebates and other cost-saving mechanisms to Blue Diamond ’s grower-owners on a variety of commonly used materials, consumable products and other agricultural needs.
Presenters: • Coe Hawkins , Director of Procurement and Global Sourcing, Blue Diamond Growers • Ben Goudie , Director of Member Relations, Blue Diamond Growers • Joe Barnett , Director of Global Supply Technologies, Blue Diamond Growers • Kelli Evans , Grower, Blue Diamond Growers
Growers Connect Marketplace. Photo credit: Herta Wright
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