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Pistachios
Assessing Pistachio Hull Integrity and What to Do About It
Pistachio hull integrity during the growing season is critical to preserving kernel quality. Hulls naturally degrade when nuts…
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Nut Crops
Toward Diversification: Atwater Family Farm Hopes Branded Products Yield a Sweet Return
What started out as a joke and a distraction during the COVID pandemic shutdown has morphed into the…
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Disease
Almond Replant Disease, Phytophthora are Issues in Young Orchards
Whole orchard recycling (WOR) has many proven benefits to trees and orchard soils, but it doesn’t appear to…
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New Tech
Dial In Spray Coverage for Cost-Effective Spraying
The goal of airblast spraying is a uniform pesticide deposition of a known, prescribed pesticide rate throughout the…
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Pest
Preventing Ant Damage Depends on Timing, Knowing Your Orchard
Almond growers are familiar with the hungry, protein-loving ants that quietly eat their fill of nuts as they…
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Irrigation
LandFlex Incentives Give Growers Options in Troubled Groundwater Basins
LandFlex, a program intended to help solve California’s groundwater crisis, recently awarded $23.3 million in block grants to…
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Nutrition
Chelated or Complexed Micronutrients: Choosing the Right Chemistry for Nutrient Uptake
Why is chemistry so complex? What is the “key?” Here we go again getting lost in the weeds…
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Walnuts
From the Orchard: From Peach Trees to Walnuts, Davin Norene Puts the Family Farm First
Davin Norene worked on his family farm long before he started managing the walnut-growing side of the operation.…
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Disease
Dealing with Summer Foliar Diseases
Summer foliar diseases cause defoliation of the trees and over time reduction in yield. Defoliation also leaves the…
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Irrigation
Getting the Best Out of Irrigation Using Soil Moisture Monitoring and Weekly ET Report
Irrigation is a major investment for nut growers. Getting the best performance out of that irrigation was the…
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