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Almonds
Summer Settles in North State Almond Orchards
The crop and season are coming into focus. The main upside is water; a 100% surface water allocation…
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Ag Industry
From the Orchard: Julia Violich is the “Jill of All Trades” for Capay Farms
Julia Violich, the “Jill of All Trades” for Capay Farms, started her career in business with director positions…
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Hazelnuts
Stay Ahead of Hazelnut Bacterial Blight for Long-Term Tree Health
A bacterial disease particularly harmful to young hazelnut trees has become nearly ubiquitous in Oregon’s hazelnut acreage, according…
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Irrigation
Growers Adapt Management Practices After Winter Flooding
Mother nature may have just given you extra time to start your fertigation plan without a direct yield…
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Almonds
New Technology Will Drive the Industry, but Will Anyone Be at the Wheel?
We have entered a new era in the evolution of farm equipment. 185-year-old farm machinery giant John Deere…
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Irrigation
Winter Irrigation: Managing Soil Salinity in Pistachio
While farmers in California are short on water, they must also deal with too much salt in the…
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Pistachios
Pistachio Industry Zeroes in On Water Supply Issues
American Pistachio Growers (APG) executives have long known that a good percentage of California pistachios are grown outside…
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Harvest
Don’t Kick Up Dust
The San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Control District has helped replace more than 180 conventional nut harvesters with…
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Pistachios
2023 Pistachio Industry Annual Conference Provides Key Information to Industry
American Pistachio Growers wrapped up its annual conference in March, offering networking and education to the industry over…
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Labor
Rethinking Your Heat Illness Prevention Strategy
Heat Illness Prevention in the agriculture industry was in the spotlight once again earlier this year. In February,…
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Irrigation
Increased Precipitation Changes Everything for Growers This Year
I was speaking to a friend of mine recently who happens to be a great farmer. He had…
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Cover Crop
Answering the Question: Why Use a Cover Crop?
Why use a cover crop? That is the question to be answered by an ongoing Healthy Soil Program…
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