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History
Erick Nielsen's grandfather, C.G. Erickson, began developing the existing ranch in 1909 with a small dairy and poultry operation as well as prune, almond, olive and orange orchards. In the 1940's, Lloyd Nielsen (Erick's father) began leasing the ranch from his father-in-law and continued to farm it until the mid 1970's.

Erick Nielsen Enterprises, Inc. was started in 1972 by Erick and his wife Margie. As his business and family began to grow, he purchased the ranch from his father in 1976. Erick is a third generation farmer in Glenn County, California and has further expanded the acreage, now farming prunes and olives. We proudly market our fruit through Sunsweet Growers Inc. and Musco Family Olive Co. The primary focus of ENE is providing custom orchard services that include prune and pistachio harvesting and orchard topping, hedging and skirting.

Although our specialized equipment is essential to providing great service, our family of employees are the true backbone of our operation and many have been with us from the beginning. We appreciate the loyalty of the many families working with us to continue the tradition of ENE; a family business with integrity, where we enjoy providing innovative and quality services to our customers. A heartfelt thank you to the Bentz, Collins, Duran, Esquivel, Espino, Hernandez, Hiebert, Nuñez, Odom, Parra, Perez, Rosales, Tangeman, Treviño and Vallejo families for your dedication and friendship. As you enjoy these photographs, you will see that the equipment may have changed a great deal…but not the people!

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