Harvest
What I Want to Know After Harvest
The answers are in your damage samples, tissue results and orchard history. Put them to work before winter.
West Coast Nut Reporting
Harvest
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Managing Almond Harvest When the Weather Turns Wet
In light of recent National Weather Service forecasts of a strong El Niño-type weather pattern, almond growers may want to think back to last fall…
Crop Management
Late Harvest, Rising NOW Pressure: What I’m Watching in August
I've been walking almond and pistachio orchards for 45 years, since I was a teenager driving my father's spray rigs through cotton fields. I hold…
Harvest
Produce Safety Rule Inspections Begin for Walnut Growers
The pre-harvest agricultural water requirements under the Produce Safety Rule kick in this year for small farms, producing $250,000 to $500,000…
Almonds
5 Ways to Improve Harvest Efficiency
After being efficient with irrigation, nutrition and insect control programs in your almond orchards, why throw that to the wind as harvest…
Harvest
Pruning Considerations for Tree Nut Orchards
Distinguish training (before bearing) from pruning (done annually on mature trees).
Harvest
Harvest Sampling Can Be Key to Improving Pest Management Practices
Harvest samples are the ‘whodunit’ in the tree nut industry. Cracking open nuts taken at harvest from bins, trailers and orchard floors provides…
Harvest
The Backbone of Agriculture Is Community
Agriculture is often viewed through a narrow lens, focusing primarily on the work of growers and farmworkers and the agricultural industry. However…
Harvest
One Groundwater Sustainability Agency’s Path to Success
In California, where water quality and quantity issues vary significantly, getting a groundwater sustainability plan (GSP) approved is often a…
Harvest
Financial Strategies to Improve the Orchard’s Bottom Line
The profitability of your orchard depends on several external variables, most of which you won’t have much control over. Changing market conditions…