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Lowest Nut Count in Six Years
The recent California Almond Objective Measurement Report by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) brought a sharper focus…
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Almonds
Supplemental Pollination Shows Potential
Every year in early February, University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) farm advisor Elizabeth Fichtner said, she gets…
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Walnuts
The Call of the Wild: Taming the Sleeping Dragon Bot of Walnut
In the last decade or so, we observed an unusual high incidence of diseases caused by fungi in…
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Root Health and Moisture Management for Pre-harvest
Orchard soils lacking in adequate calcium levels at harvest time can lead to abiotic stress in trees and…
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Walnuts
Ethephon Applications
Two objectives in using the plant growth regulator Ethephon in walnut production are an earlier harvest and a…
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Irrigation
Land, Water, Air: What’s Happening in Irrigation Tech
All farmers use technology in their orchards.This includes technology as it applies to—and continues to shape—irrigation. Agriculture has…
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Irrigation
Historic Water Management Agreement at Risk Under California’s Senate Bill 1
You’re running a marathon that everyone said you’d never complete. Despite many obstacles, you kept moving forward. And…
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Irrigation
Grower Finds Automated Irrigation Improves Efficiency
Have a conversation with grower and handler Ron Fisher about his values related to the almond business and…
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Walnuts
Hedgerow Planting has Benefits and Drawbacks
A Chandler walnut hedging and whisking trial on an 11-year-old Chandler block was the topic of discussion for…
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WAPA Conference
In-depth discussions of the water, food safety and regulatory challenges facing agricultural processors were highlights of the Western…
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