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Understanding How Nitrogen is Utilized Improves Nitrogen-Use Efficiency for Almond Growers
California almond growers are embracing opportunities to improve nitrogen use efficiency and should be applauded for doing so,…
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Working at Heights
As one of many post-agricultural harvest operations, the nut hulling and processing industry continues to flourish in the…
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Nut Crops
Dormancy:
Trees don’t go out and buy pumpkin spice lattes when temperatures drop, but nut trees have another way…
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Harvest
Northstate Nut Growers Consider the Hard Decisions if Drought Continues
There is one thing nut growers know for certain, and that is the uncertainty of Mother Nature. And…
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Hazelnuts
Pacific Flatheaded Borer Emerges as Significant Pest of Walnuts, Hazelnuts
In the summer of 2018, UCCE IPM Advisor Jhalendra Rijal had his first direct encounter with Pacific flatheaded…
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Ag Industry
The Outlook for California’s Almond Market
The California almond industry has seen remarkable growth over the past couple decades. Can additional growth and high…
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Orchard Management Monthly Newsletter
True Bugs No Longer an ‘Occasional’ Pest
There was high leaffooted bug populations in almonds this year and those higher numbers contributed to early-season nut…
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Orchard Management Monthly Newsletter
Time to Think about Pollination Contracts
Yes, the holidays aren’t here yet, but that does not mean almond growers and orchard managers can’t get…
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Orchard Management Monthly Newsletter
Mulching Pistachios has Benefits and Challenges
Taking advantage of an oversupply of wood chips from orchard removals gave a Central Valley pistachio grower an…
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Orchard Management Monthly Newsletter
Freeze Damage in Walnut Orchards is Possible
Erratic patterns of freeze damage in older walnut orchards and typical damage in young orchards over the past…
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Disease
Five Things That Worked for Pest Control in 2021 — and a Few Things That Didn’t
PCAs interviewed at the 2021 Crop Consultant Conference and in the field emphasized nutrition, sanitation, tracking degree days…
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Almonds
New Off-Ground Harvest Research Incorporates Precision Yield Monitoring for Improved Orchard Management
Off-ground harvest is continuing to advance as a viable method for harvesting almonds in California, and a new…
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