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WESTERN GROWER SHIPPER SEPTEMBER | OCTOBER 2019 WGA.COM

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Volume XC Number 5

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DEPARTMENTS 4 President’s Notes 6 Director Profile 8 Member Profile 20 Legislator Profile 27 CA Government Affairs 37 Western Growers Assurance Trust

40 Insurance Corner 42

Western Growers Financial Services

44 Agriculture & the Law 45

Western Growers Connections

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Science & Technology

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