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Almonds

It’s getting toward the time of year for looking both forward and back, reviewing the past crop year…

Almonds

The COVID-19 pandemic caused upheaval on several fronts, including retail markets, consumer preferences and consumer shopping patterns, and…

Nut Crops

A grower’s decision on what variety of tree nut to plant and which rootstock to use is not…

Pistachios

If anyone has an inside view of California’s tree-nut industry, it’s Jim Zion. Zion is the managing partner…

Walnuts

The tree nut industry lost one of its biggest champions at the end of June with the death…

Almonds

Soil fumigation is a practice that has been used for ages to control soilborne pests and mitigate destructive…

Nut Crops

Biology is soil health. Period. Over the last 10 years, I have had multiple conversations with farmers that…

Irrigation

Farms and commodity processing facilities are no strangers to compliance fees. Fees are levied from the local, state…

Almonds

In California, winter and spring 2023 will be remembered for the rain and cold and its effect on…

Disease

The plethora of tree nut acres in California agriculture is increasing disease pressure, both from soilborne pathogens that…

Nutrition

As we wind down almond harvest, ramp up pistachios and roll into walnuts and pecans, the fast and…

Irrigation

When the California Legislative session began last January, farmers were facing formidable efforts to upend our system of…

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