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Effectiveness of Fall Zinc Applications in Pistachio
Zinc sulfate applications have been used by pistachio growers to hasten defoliation in trees in October with the…
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Some Basic Truths about NOW in Almonds – My Ag Life Episode 20
In this first video, Matoian provides a production update as we learn the impacts of inadequate chill hours…
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A Word from APG: Update on the 2020 Pistachio Crop
In a new video series from American Pistachio Growers, key industry leaders address growers on issues important to…
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Innovations in Pistachio Harvest
Researchers are looking for ways to improve pistachio harvest efficiency by shaking more nuts off pistachio trees while…
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Almonds
Some Basic Truths About NOW in Almonds
Successful control of navel orangeworm (NOW) depends on understanding the following truths: The local population is always greater…
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Soils
Soil Inoculants and a Healthy Orchard Ecosystem
Sustainability has become the new trigger point for consumers in the public’s rapidly expanding politically correct mindset. “I…
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Nut Crops
Tree Nut Theft is Back
The theft of complete loads of finished product tree nuts is back. Some four years ago, the tree…
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Harvest
Preparing for Pistachio Harvest
For Brian Watte of Brian Watte Farms in Fresno, season-ending crop management in pistachios boils down to three…
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Profile
UCCE Profile: Houston Wilson, IPM Specialist
Growing up in Austin, Texas, Houston Wilson thought all of California looked like Los Angeles. After leaving Texas…
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Almonds
Canker Disease in Almond Orchards
Knowing which pathogen is likely causing trunk and scaffold cankers in almond trees, or which pathogen is the…
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Ag Industry
Starrh Farms Has a History of Leadership and Innovation
When the Ford dealership in Shafter, Calif., closed years back, Larry Starrh joked to his Dad Fred Sr.,…
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Ag Industry
Heat Illness Prevention During the Pandemic
As summer continues, growers must continue to navigate the ongoing challenges of hot weather, the COVID-19 pandemic and…
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