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Almonds
Good Decisions Can Add Years to an Orchard’s Productive Life
Unless you are planting a new almond orchard at the site of a previous successful orchard and continuing…
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Category: Orchard Management
Almonds
ABC Pest Management Workshop Highlights Controls
Tree nut growers have battled to control pests and diseases like navel orangeworm, peach twig borer and rust…
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Orchard Management
From the Orchard: Mitchell Yerxa: Diversification, Mentorship and the Future of California Farming
Despite a rich family farming history, Mitchell Yerxa, fifth-generation owner of River Vista Farms LLC, didn’t start out…
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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…
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Orchard Management
Managing Walnut Husk Fly and Codling Moth in California Orchards
The walnut husk fly has become a significant mid- to late-season pest across all walnut-growing regions of California.…
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Orchard Management
The Orchard Paradox: Modernizing Capital and Compliance for California’s Permanent Crops
For West Coast nut growers, permanence has always defined the business model. When an almond, walnut or pistachio…
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Fertilizer
Early Phosphorus and Calcium Set the Stage for Yield
Bloom is intense. Is there any other time when our trees go from bare to full solar panels,…
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Orchard Management
From the Orchard: Asa Robinson on Building Better Walnuts From a Family Farm Legacy
Four years ago, Asa Robinson had a steady, tenured teaching position in Etna, California, when he and his…
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Orchard Management
Northern Perspective: February 2026
Hello, 2026! As of early January, chilling is accumulating at a similar pace to the last few years,…
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Orchard Management
From the Orchard: Megan Stetser on the Future of California Nut Farming
Megan Stetser, vice president of crop marketing for Manulife Investment Management Farmland Management Services, oversees 42,000 acres of…
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