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Integrated Pest Management in Hazelnuts
Integrated pest management (IPM) in hazelnuts starts with monitoring and identifying pest pressures for significant pests, assessing the…
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FARM Advisor Profile: Rachel Elkins
After 36 years in the industry, Rachel Elkins, UCCE Pomology Farm Advisor, Lake and Mendocino Counties and County…
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Ag Industry
Rough Year for California Beekeepers
While individual beekeepers were impacted by the California wildfires, potentially preventing them from filling their pollination contracts, the…
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Irrigation
Delaying Irrigation Offers Benefits in Walnuts and Almonds
Six years of UC research has shown that walnut growers may be able to delay starting irrigation by…
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Almonds
Leafing Failure Perplexes Experts
Although delayed leafing in almonds has been reported sporadically for more than two decades, in 2020 it captured…
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Ag Industry
Adoption of COVID-19 Regulation Places Additional Pressure on Employers in 2021
After months of establishing guidelines and already enforceable requirements for employers to follow in the efforts to minimize…
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Disease
Spring Diseases Provide Challenge for Almond Growers
When it comes to managing diseases in almonds, watching the weather can be as important as watching your…
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Almonds
Bacterial Blast in Almond
In the wet and cold spring of 2019, the disease bacterial blast blasted almond orchards from Butte to…
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Almonds
Almond Yield Forecasting by Drone
Almond yield prediction has become a priority for almond growers in California because it enables them to correctly…
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Almonds
How One Almond Handler Has Kept COVID-19 at Bay
Safety manager Betty Chavez walks through The Almond Company’s vast processing plant near Madera, Calif., pointing out what’s…
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