Episode 97: Almond Industry Overview with BOD Chair Bob Silveira

About this episode

Bob Silveira discusses his experiences in the almond industry and the future prospects of almond farming.

ABC Board Chair Bob Silveira joined the Journey to reflect on his many years in the almond industry, addressing issues with the almond carryout, the prospect of gene-edited trees and his thoughts on the future of the industry. Silveira and his wife farm 150 acres of almonds near Courtland, California just southwest of Elk Grove. He is also a partner in Vann Family Orchards and serves the current board chair for the Almond Board of California. “We had an exceptional run of about 20 years, and the last four or five years have been really tough. Commodity cycles happen and so I think there's good times coming, but anyone who tries to predict agriculture usually gets humbled.” - Bob Silveira In Today’s episode: Meet Bob Silveira, almond producer, partner in Vann Family Orchards and current board chair for the Almond Board of California Understand how the almond carryout is calculated and its significance Discover the regulations of gene edited almonds and the impact that has on global trading Listen to any of the recordings from the Almond Conference 2025 at the almonds.org website to learn more The Almond Journey Podcast is brought to you by the Almond Board of California. This show…

People in this episode

Host: Tim Hammerich

Guest: Bob Silveira

Topics covered

• almond industry
• gene editing
• agriculture trends
• commodity cycles
• farming practices

Keywords

• almond carryout
• gene-edited trees
• agriculture
• commodity cycles
• almond farming

Sponsors

Almond Board of California

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Almond Board of California, Vann Family Orchards

Places: Courtland, California, Elk Grove

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