Crop Management
Cooperative Efforts Score Major Safety Win with Cal/OSHA
A commitment to worker safety earned Tessenderlo Kerley’s Hanford plant Cal/OSHA STAR status. Cecilia Parsons reports on the people and practices…
West Coast Nut Reporting
Nutrition
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Crop Management
Recovery Starts Before Harvest Ends
Well, the dog days are upon us. So far in the middle of the San Joaquin Valley, our 100-degree days have been broken up every couple days by…
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…
Crop Management
A Northern Perspective: Protect This Year’s Crop and Next Year’s Yield
August usually means the start of almond harvest, but shakers started early this year. Key August practices in almonds include limiting water stress…
Nutrition
Grasses Play Key Role in Cover Crop Mixes
Cover crops often contain a mixture of plants that fall into one of four groups: legumes, brassicas, forbs and grasses. Legumes, which include…
Agriculture
Soluble Calcium Can Help Manage Heat, Sodium and Water Penetration Challenges
Here comes the heat. With that comes heat stress, fruit development, water penetration issues and higher sodium levels. So many stressors, so little…
Nutrition
What Trees Still Need When the Crop Is Not There
Here comes the heat. Unfortunately, the pistachio crop is way off this year. Very likely less than 1 billion pounds. The current estimate for…
Cover Crop
It’s Not Just Why, It’s How in Crop Nutrition
As farmers, we love to talk about the “why” we do things. “Why, I put out the same amount of nitrogen I always have and seems to work just fine most…
Nutrition
Managing Salinity, Nutrients Key to Pistachio Productivity
Salinity and crop nutrient use concerns in the southern San Joaquin Valley were discussed at a workshop hosted by the Kern County Cooperative…
Almonds
A Northern Perspective
April brings a clearer sense of the 2026 almond crop set and the beginnings of the walnut crop year. With reservoir volumes in good shape, plenty of…