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Partnership Benefits

Payment Plans and Programs

Standard Payment Program

  • Harvest Payment following Delivery
  • January Progress Payment
  • April Progress Payment
  • June Progress Payment
  • September Final Payment

Accelerated Payments

  • Accelerated Payments are drawn against estimates of future payments
  • May be taken at any time, as early as initial delivery
  • Funds are recovered at the next available regular payment

Deferred Payment Options

  • Defer your payments to a future date
  • Earn interest on your deferred amounts

Stockpile Advances

  • Advance payment prior to delivery on estimated meat weight of grower or huller stockpiles

Quality Premium Payments

  • Deliver high quality and earn more value. Our premium program increases grower returns by compensating them for top quality almond deliveries.
  • Each almond delivery can earn additional payments based on the level of rejects, foreign material and chipped and broken almonds.

*These programs are subject to change as directed by market conditions, the economy and the judgment of the Board of Directors.

Blue Diamond Contract Options & Partnership Benefits

Contract options to support grower needs:

Long Term Crop Agency Agreement

  • Our Long-Term Crop Agency Agreement provides full membership in Blue Diamond Growers with ownership and voting rights

Five-Year, Non-Member Agreement

  • Our Five-Year, Non-Member Agreement provides growers with the ability to market all or a portion of their acreage with Blue Diamond, with limited rights
  • Tonnage Contracts allows you to specify the variety and pounds you choose to market with Blue Diamond, also with limited rights

Partnership has its privileges…

Almond growers can participate in variety of member service programs, providing additional value for your crop!

  • Domestic Production Activity Deduction (DPAD)—Tax Deductions
  • Interest Charge-Domestic International Sales Corporation (IC-DISC ) – Tax Deductions
  • Investment Certificates…Earn competitive interest rates by investing in Blue Diamond Growers
  • Orchard Stewardship Incentive Program
  • USDA Advancing Markets for Producers Grant

Grow With Us

The Importance of Food Safety: Blue Diamond knows the importance of protecting our brand; thus we understand the importance of protecting our customers’ product. Blue Diamond’s member/growers entrust us to take the crop they’ve grown and process it in the most careful and conscientious manner, ensuring that the food products we produce exceed all standards for excellence.

Blue Diamond Growers…

  • Has the industry’s largest and most advanced chemistry and microbiological testing labs
  • Employs over 50 full-time quality assurance employees, including two chemists and two microbiologists
  • Adheres to industry-leading to HAACP guidelines and FDA regulations
  • Technicians and scientists process more than 40,000 product tests each year
  • Has a USDA-accredited laboratory for Aflatoxin Testing
  • Completes all processing in peanut-free facilities
  • Is the first value-added almond ingredient handler to attain Level 2 SQF 2000 Certification, demonstrating our ability to provide proof of a rigorous food safety management system to worldwide buyers

Please go to Documents/Forms for the latest information to develop a complete Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) program.