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Almonds
High Input Costs on a Tight Budget
California almond growers saw a record crop in 2020 of 3.12 billion meat pounds. By comparison, 2021 almond…
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Ag Industry
Air Curtain Burners: One Realistic Solution for Nut Biomass
As biomass plants continue to close and air pollution control districts move to completely phase out ag burning,…
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Almonds
With Boron, Planning Ahead Key to Avoiding Issues
When it comes to boron in almonds, planning ahead appears to be the best strategy, both to avoid…
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Disease
Death by a Thousand Cankers
The walnut twig beetle and the thousand cankers disease it vectors don’t appear to be the devastating pests…
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Pecans
Marketing Milestones: American Pecans’ Successes
The year 2017 was a monumental one for the American pecan industry. Uniting to support the passage of…
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Almonds
The Use of Mummy Sprays to Augment Sanitation in Almonds
In this article, I explore the use of insecticides and their proper timing to augment sanitation in almonds…
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Almonds
Hello Old Foe
With most insect pest control attention in tree nut orchards now directed at navel orangeworm, it is possible…
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Ag Industry
COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave: What You Need to Know for 2022
In February, Governor Newsom signed into law SB 114, which reinstated 80 hours of COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick…
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Hazelnuts
Can Electricity Aid in the Fight Against Herbicide-Resistant Italian Ryegrass in Hazelnuts?
Hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.) is an economically important tree nut crop with a world market value of over…
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Almonds
Almond Hull Prices are a Bright Spot for the Almond Industry
A shortage of fiber feedstuffs for dairy cow feed is driving higher prices for almond hulls. The primary…
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Nut Crops
View from the Top: Q and A with Wonderful President Rob Yraceburu
It might be easy to think the Wonderful Company is somehow impervious to the pressures confronting California’s tree…
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Disease
Phytophthora Issues on the Rise in Pistachios
As more pistachios are planted on marginal ground researchers are noticing an increase in Phytophthora crown and root…
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