Press Releases

2011

SureHarvest and Cultura Technologies Inc. Sign Value-Added Reseller Agreement

SureHarvest and Cultura Technologies finalized an agreement to enable SureHarvest the rights to market, sell, and implement Cultura Technologies’ ExtendAg labor management and harvest tracking software nationwide. The two entities have integrated SureHarvest’s Farm Management System and ExtendAg applications to better meet the needs of growers, farm managers, and farm labor contractors looking for ways to improve their management practices.

SureHarvest CEO Appointed to CDFA Environmental Farming Panel

(Soquel, CA - September 6, 2011) Dr. Jeff Dlott has been appointed by California Department of food and Agriculture Secretary Karen ross to serve on the Cannella Environmental Farming Act Science Panel.  Secretary Ross has made a commitment to invigorate the panel, established over a decade ago, and has brought together panel members with deep experience in environmental farming.

SureHarvest Awarded "Game Changer" of the Year

California Secretary of Agriculture, Karen Ross, presented SureHarvest's CEO Jeff Dlott the award at the Grow-California Conference in Davis on Wednesday July 21st.  "SureHarvest is a true game changer in its innovative approach," Jon Gregory, president and CEO of Grow California. 

SureHarvest Announces Expansion of Sales Team

SureHarvest CEO Jeff Dlott announced the expansion of the SureHarvest Sales Team, including Scott Turner, Randy Miller and Melissa McKinsey.

SureHarvest honored as IPM Innovator

SureHarvest will be recognized today as an IPM Innovator by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) for its leadership in developing and implementing the California Sustainable Winegrowing Program and supporting sustainability information management technologies. Since 1994, DPR has annually recognized public and private organizations for pioneering methods of pest management that increase IPM adoption.

SureHarvest extends Farming MIS to grower relations

SureHarvest Farming MIS is now available for managing grower relations. By providing data collection tools for grower reps, companies can extend the SureHarvest technology for improved yield estimation and quality management to contract growers. “We recently extended the deployment of SureHarvest Farming MIS for an established customer who wanted to manage both their internal and contracted acreage. Our team successfully interfaced SureHarvest Farming MIS with their Oracle-based enterprise system by integrating the farming data management system with the production, contract, inventory, and financial management system,” explained Pam Mitchell, SureHarvest COO.

Hy-Vee citrus display contest to feature certified sustainable Zeal citrus

Starting January 19, Hy-Vee shoppers will find certified sustainably-grown Zeal Navel and Cara Cara oranges offered for sale on competitively-designed displays throughout Hy-Vee’s 232 Midwestern stores. Demonstrating its commitment to sustainability, Hy-Vee selected Zeal branded Navels, certified by Protected Harvest, for its annual citrus sale contest among store produce managers.

Booth Ranches selects SureHarvest

(SOQUEL, CA. – January 10, 2011) When Booth Ranches, one of the largest citrus growers in California, began collecting data from ranches across the Central Valley they quickly realized they needed a robust system to make sense of their data.  They turned to SureHarvest. According to Paul Adams, Chief Financial Officer for Booth Ranches, “SureHarvest is the only technology I saw that could be called an ‘information management tool’ because it addresses all aspects of farming.” Farming since 1957, Booth Ranches manages 37 citrus groves in locations throughout the San Joaquin Valley.

2010

USDA-CDFA Specialty Block Grants to Advance Sustainability

SureHarvest is partnering with almond, cut flower, winegrape and twelve other specialty crop sectors throughout California to design and implement sustainability programs with grant funding from the USDA-CDFA Specialty Crop Block Grant program.

Hazelnut growers launch sustainability initiative

Dr. Joe Browde Joins SureHarvest

2009

Dr. Cliff Ohmart joins SureHarvest

SureHarvest announced today that Dr. Cliff Ohmart is joining the company as the Vice President of Professional Services. "Dr. Cliff Ohmart is an exceptionally talented and visionary leader in sustainability who combines the rigors of agricultural science with the experiential wisdom from implementing on-the-farm innovations with thousands of growers," stated Dr. Jeff Dlott, President of SureHarvest. "The addition of Dr. Ohmart allows SureHarvest to meet the growing demand for agrifood sustainability solutions."

Measuring What Matters in Agrifood Sustainability

Measuring What Matters in Agrifood Sustainability

Cutting-Edge Discussion on the Science and E-ccounting of Sustainability Performance

(SOQUEL,CA - March 18, 2009) - Just as Congress and the Obama Administration are debating the replacement of direct subsidies with 'green' payments, SureHarvest CEO Dr. Jeff Dlott will lead a diverse group of food industry business and nonprofit leaders to find common ground around meaningful ways to measure agriculture's impact on climate change, energy, water, and biodiversity. Kellogg, General Mills, Stonyfield Farms and Fetzer Vineyards will engage each other in the 8:00 a.m. panel on Friday, March 20 at the Lansdowne Resort in Lansdowne, Virginia.

SureHarvest Announces Agreement to Acquire ScanControl

SureHarvest Announces Agreement to Acquire ScanControl at 2009 Unified Wine and Grape Symposium. ScanControl's GIS mapping and handheld technology expertise extends SureHarvest's offerings to growers of any size and scale.

2008

SureHarvest CEO reviews Walmart's sustainability initiative

SureHarvest Acquires Protected Harvest

2007

Duda's Sandy Clifton Joins SureHarvest

2004

SureHarvest for Vineyards 3.0 brings Sustainable Resource Management to the Wine Industry

SureHarvest Announces Monterey Pacific as Newest Customer

Investment from Winegrowing Industry Leaders Spurs SureHarvest Growth

Founders' presentation opens Unified Symposium

RealTool Box changes name to SureHarvest