Wil-Ker-Son Ranch has been family owned and operated since 1978. As
growers, packers and shippers of fresh California fruit, we are vertically integrated to accommodate just about any fruit marketing need.
After graduating from Chico State in 1973 with a degree in Plant Science, Doug Wilson worked as a technical consultant for a local kiwifruit nursery. A few years later while managing a kiwifruit ranch, he started looking for a piece of property to begin his own agricultural career. In partnership with his in-laws, Doug and his wife Linda purchased the thirty-five acre ranch pictured above in 1978. At that time the Gridley area was almost entirely in fresh peach production.
Doug was one of the first growers in the area to plant kiwifruit, and originally used the land to grow nursery stock. With the addition of over one hundred-fifty acres of kiwifruit and sugar plums over the years, a packing shed was built adjacent to the existing barn structure to accommodate local tree fruit packaging needs.
Today Wil-Ker-Son Ranch boasts three independent packing lines in two facilities, on-site hydro-cooling, a cold storage facility with loading dock, and the availability of custom farming assistance. We are proud to be one of the premier fruit handlers in the Sacramento Valley and look forward to meeting the needs of local growers in the future.
Wil-Ker-Son Ranch & Packing Co.
