Our Sponsors

In our chapter we have many local businesses that support us. Whether it be through donations or agriculture field trip opportunities for the different classes, these businesses have always found ways to benefit our chapter and we would like to show our appreciation.

El Toro Export

El Toro Export, LLC is the largest commodity trading group in California’s Imperial Valley. Founded in 1982 with the establishment of grain operations, our business has steadily grown and today we have proprietary production and trading operations dealing in Hay, Grain, Seed, Cattle and Transportation for Export and Domestic markets.

Jack Vessey

Vessey and Company, Inc. is a 4th generation produce grower and shipper, located in the Imperial Valley. Our family farm grows fruits, vegtables, hay, and grain on more than 10,000 acres. Over 40 different types of fruits and vegetables are grown conventionally and organically. We have been doing this since the early 1900s when Elton Vessey moved here from Wisconsin.

Mike Abatti Farms

Mike Abatti Farms LLC is located in El Centro, California, and was founded in 1999. At this location, Mike Abatti Farms LLC employs approximately 2 people. Annual sales for Mike Abatti Farms LLC are around USD 337,858.00

Farm Credit

One of the West’s leading agricultural lenders, Farm Credit West, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries are cooperatively-owned institutions providing financial services to farmers, ranchers, and agribusinesses, with fourteen offices located in Arizona, California’s Central Coast, Imperial Valley, Southern San Joaquin Valley, and Sacramento Valley. Farm Credit West is part of the 100-year old Farm Credit system – the largest provider of credit to American agriculture.

Brock Seed

Brothers Don Brock and Dave Brock were born and raised in El Centro, California. Both Don and Dave hold Bachelor's degrees in agriculture from the University of California at Davis. Don and Dave are third-'generation farmers following in the footsteps of their late grandfather and father, James E. Brock and Warren H. Brock. With a history of nearly 90 years of growing asparagus in California and Mexico, the Brock family has pioneered the development and growth of asparagus varieties for arid and semi-arid areas of the world.

One World Beef

One World Beef was founded in June of 2013 with a philosophy that has held true throughout the company’s rapid growth: transparency is key. As a successful managing partner of Brandt Beef with global connections accumulated over the course of 25 years in the cattle business, Eric Brandt saw an opportunity to develop a company that would ultimately connect international clientele to premium beef producers deeply rooted in American soil.

Tom's Hay Farm

With over 40 years of experience in the field, Tom's Hay Farm strives to bring you the best quality of Livestock, Feed, & Supplies in the Imperial Valley. With deliveries in most of Southern California.

LaBrucherie Produce

LaBrucherie Produce custom grows a wide variety of produce crops in the El Centro and Holtville areas. The company has earned the reputation of consistently providing its clients high- yielding crops with excellent quality. Several disciplined practices are always followed: farming only the best produce ground, aggressively and frequently rotating the ground into alfalfa before environments for disease exist, and consistently walking the produce fields each and every day. Another aspect of LaBrucherie Produce that contributes to this success is the fact that the company has only one focus - growing.

Bud Ashurst American Honey

Established in 1968, American Honey has distributed honey for over 50 years. Built upon three generations of beekeepers, American Honey prides itself on being involved in the production, packaging, and distribution of honey. It was 1918 when the first Ashurst ventured into beekeeping. Now over 100 years later, beekeeping is more than a profession - it’s a family tradition. The Ashurst families collectively have one of the largest honeybee outfits in the country; pollinating almonds, alfalfa, produce, and various seed crops.

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