Limoneira Company

Limoneira Company is an agribusiness company founded and based in Santa Paula, California, with operations in California since 1893. The company focuses on fruit production, sales and marketing, rental operations, real estate, and capital investment activities. Limoneira is one of California's oldest citrus growers and, according to the California Avocado Commission, one of the largest growers of avocados in the United States. The company's agribusiness activities are conducted through four reporting segments. Limoneira grows lemons, avocados, oranges, and wine grapes. Its agricultural plantings span approximately 10,500 acres of land, including 3,100 acres of lemons, 1,500 acres of avocados, 100 acres of oranges, and 400 acres of wine grapes. These plantings are located in Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties in California, Yuma County in Arizona, La Serena, Chile, and Jujuy, Argentina. Limoneira operates its own packinghouses in Santa Paula, California, and Yuma, Arizona, where it processes, packs, and sells lemons grown by the company and by others. The company also holds a 47% interest in Rosales S.A.