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Orchard Management Monthly Newsletter
Expect Produce Safety Rule Inspections
Routine inspections of farms and hullers continue under the Produce Safety Rule. Inspectors from CDFA that come to…
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Orchard Management Monthly Newsletter
Avoiding Salt Burn in Drought Conditions
Diluting poor-quality groundwater with surface water, planting to tolerant rootstocks and applying the water leaching fraction method at…
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Orchard Management Monthly Newsletter
Leaffooted Bugs on the Move in Pistachios
Orchards that had ‘hot spots’ of leaffooted bugs (LFB) last year are likely to have a recurrence of…
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Orchard Management Monthly Newsletter
Manage Water for Walnut Quality
Good irrigation management is a major factor in quality walnut production. Kernel size and pellicle color are key…
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Ag Industry
Demonstrating Biologically Integrated Orchard Systems in Walnuts
The Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) is working closely with UCCE and participating growers and PCAs to…
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Hazelnuts
Oregon Hazelnut Varieties in a Nutshell
To the untrained eye, a hazelnut tree is a hazelnut tree; one orchard may look like thousands of…
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Walnuts
Bumper Crops Push Walnut Market
Global walnut production and exports will set records during 2020-21, impacting the export-reliant U.S. market. U.S. production is…
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Pest
Keeping Rodents and Bird Numbers in Check in Hazelnut Orchards
Since man first began growing his own food, animals have made it a habit to help themselves to…
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Pest
Managing Burrowing Rodents in Walnut
Research updates for burrowing rodents provide walnut growers with a more effective set of strategies and tools for…
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Soils
Take Soil Analysis to a Deeper Level
The day after my 40th birthday, I realized my arms weren’t long enough to allow me to focus…
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Ag Industry
Trade Officials, ABC Work Closely to Maintain, Expand Markets
After harvest, almonds travel a long and twisted route before they meet their end consumer, who may be…
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Soils
Soil Sampling for Mature Tree Nut Orchards
Checking salinity levels in orchard soils or residual fertility at the end of the growing season are two…
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