FAQs

Q: What type of services does Agra Trading mainly provide?
A: We are a trading agent and can therefore work with both buyers and sellers of agricultural, forestry and organic urban waste by-products.

Q: What are the steps a grower/processor goes through during the trading process with Agra Trading?
A: Read an outline of our trading process.

Q: How long have you been in business?
A: Since 1991.

Q: What are some of the by-products you trade?
A: Almonds, walnuts, seed, fruits, grain, vegetables, organic urban waste and wood.

Q: Are there any other services under the Agra Trading Name?
A: Yes. We offer crop production services such as soil analysis, leaf analysis, orchard removal, chipping, green waste screening and spreading. We also offer transportation, organic fertilizer, organic insecticide/fungicide and soil amendments such as compost, gypsum, lime and earthworm castings.

Q: Who's best qualified to do business with Agra Trading?
A: As a processor/grower, someone with year-round or seasonal supplies. As a buyer, someone who can purchase truckload quantities.

Q: Do you trade other by-products (plastics, metal, paper, etc.)?
A: No. Organic by-products only.????????? see urban waste...

Q: Do you service other state besides California?
A: Yes. Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona and Idaho.

Q: Are you able to service further out?
A: Yes. If the quantities bought and sold are sufficient, and proper transportation can be arranged.

Q: Do you trade by-products of construction & demolition (CD)?
A: Yes, some wood by-product. But only wood from relatively new construction. We grind it and screen it.

Q: What's the scale of the amount of product you move?
A: Tens of thousands of tons of by-product per year.

Q: How would a truck driver who would like to haul loads go about doing business with Agra Trading?
A: We ask the driver to:

  • Provide a certificate of insurance
  • Provide a driver's license (appropriate class)
  • Have a lie floor/possum belly truck(s)

More info for truckers.

Q: Isn't organic farming more expensive than non-organic?
A: With the rising price of synthetic fertilizer, organic farming is proving to be the more affordable option.