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Gill’s Mealybug Back in Pistachios
Based on last year’s infestation levels of Gill’s mealybug in pistachio orchards, Bayer Crop Sciences representative Manuel Jimenez…
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Protect Your Farm and Equipment Against Theft
As farm activity increases over the summer months, security can become an afterthought. Leaving equipment, vehicles, spray materials…
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Evaluating Your Risk of NOW in Walnuts
Worst case scenario for navel orangeworm damage in walnuts is a mature block of a susceptible variety next…
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Today’s Practices May Impact Next Year’s Almond Bloom Intensity
Factors influencing almond bloom intensity may have been initiated 9 months prior to bloom. In almond, bud development…
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Succession Planning: Expert Advice on Securing the Farming Legacy
Abraham Lincoln once said, “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” No one can…
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Walnuts
Economic Benefits of Using Improved Walnut Rootstocks
Walnut production is a long-term commitment of resources in land, labor and management. Because of the lag time…
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Walnuts
In Search of Chandler 2.0
It’s been more than 40 years since the University of California’s Walnut Improvement Program released a variety as…
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Nut Crops
Maximizing Biological Control Agents in Standard Nut Orchard Systems
There are limited numbers of pesticides coming down the pike, so preventing resistance and stretching the pesticides currently…
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Nutrition
The Dirt on Soil
As farmers, every time we attend another seminar on soils, we get the rundown on the soils chart:…
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Pecans
Your Federal Marketing Order at Work: Building Demand for U.S. Pecans
It has been a year and a half since the American Pecan Council (APC) has hired a permanent…
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Ag Industry
Farm Advisor Profile: David Haviland
Sometimes, a boyhood fascination with bugs starts by being surrounded by flowers. With a father who managed a…
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