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Labor
Cal/OSHA Enforcement Trends in Agriculture
As you begin to prepare for your upcoming season, it is an ideal time to implement a new…
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Irrigation
Five Things to Do in Walnut Orchards in the Spring
New Year’s Eve was a couple months ago, but, as spring approaches, a new year is just beginning…
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Walnuts
How Marketing is Growing the Base of California Walnut Lovers
California Walnuts recently launched a new digital advertising plan to capture and expand growing walnut consumption. The digital…
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Almonds
Insights and Issues with Ag Technologies
Automation and control of irrigation can be achieved with new technology, Pat Biddy of Vanguard reported at the…
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Disease
The Persistence of Pistillate Flower Abscission
Pistillate flower abscission (PFA), a production problem largely relegated to walnut varieties that make up only a small…
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Nut Crops
Practical Nutrient Management in the Wake of Skyrocketing Input Prices
Fertilizer prices are awful, water is expensive if you can get it and prices are down. The perfect…
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Pistachios
Field Fixes for Golden Hills Pistachio
The Golden Hills pistachio variety has confirmed its strengths: more upright growth pattern, less pruning after maturity and…
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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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