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Almonds
You’re Growing Two Crops Every Season
You’re always growing two crops: what you’re harvesting this year and the buds you’re preparing for next year.…
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Category: Orchard Management
Crop Management
Walnut grade sheets are a grower’s REPORT CARD
Grade sheets from the processor or a third-party provide a valuable opportunity to make good management decisions that…
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Almonds
Precision Timing Helps Growers Manage Hull Rot
Hull rot remains one of the more frustrating and yield-limiting diseases in California almonds, particularly because its full…
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Irrigation
Plant-based irrigation helps overcome pistachio challenges
Irrigation decisions in tree nut orchards rely on information from multiple sources. Pressure bombs, ETc calculations, historic irrigation…
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Innovation
Turning Crop Monitoring Data Into Better Yield Decisions
Every orchard has areas that don’t perform the same. Soil changes across a block, tree vigor varies, and…
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Orchard Management
From the Orchard: Jeff and Mason McKinney on Farming, Family and the Future of Almonds
Jeff McKinney’s parents knew early on that he would be a farmer. “My parents always said, ‘We knew…
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Agriculture
Soluble Calcium Can Help Manage Heat, Sodium and Water Penetration Challenges
Jump-Start June! Here comes the heat. With that comes heat stress, fruit development, water penetration issues and higher…
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Agriculture
Robotics and AI Reshape Orchard Management
In orchards and specialty crops, robotics are increasingly used for tasks like pruning, harvesting and field scouting. Autonomous…
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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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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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