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Cal/OSHA Releases Revised Draft Nighttime Lighting Standard for Agriculture
In April of this year, Cal/OSHA (California Occupational Safety and Health) held a public hearing to consider specific…
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Planning for Replant in Walnuts
Pulling out a walnut orchard with the intention of replanting a new one requires careful planning to overcome…
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Herbicide Delivery Model Prevents Drift
Weed control in nut orchards is always an issue for growers and farm managers. With the impending increased…
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Incentive Funds Grow for WOR
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control Districtâs incentive program for Whole Orchard Recycling has proved so successful the…
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Ag Industry
California Legislative Wrap-Up for 2019
Well this legislative year is in the booksâŚalmost. In what could have been a disastrous year from a…
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Ag Industry
Expanded Cal/OSHA Reporting Requirements for the New Year
This yearâs legislative session ended as most due, amongst a flurry of activity and last-minute wrangling to ensure…
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Almonds
Almond Variety Trial Continues
A new round of statewide almond variety trials were started in 2014. There are three trials, one in…
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Pest
Walnut Pest Management: Walnut Husk Fly & Pacific Flatheaded Borer
It seems that growers are always battling pests in order to protect their crops. While we looked into…
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Hazelnuts
Preventing Soil Erosion in Young Hazelnut Orchards
Soil erosion can present an issue in young hazelnut orchards. Since a ton of soil per acre is…
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Hazelnuts
Churchill Fellow visits Oregon During Global Hazelnut Expedition
Global hazelnut production is amid an era of change, expansion and discovery, and one young Briton is traveling…
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Ag Industry
Farm Spotlight: Burroughs Family Farms
Like many of the farms in Californiaâs Central Valley, Burroughs Family Farms is the current iteration of a…
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Almonds
Increasing Yields and Reducing Inputs
In farming, we are always striving to produce two outcomes: Increasing yields while reducing input costs. Of course,…
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