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. Once considered a secondary…
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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 tree is planted, it represents a…
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, growing nuts, sucking up water, opening and closing…
Orchard Management
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 wife, Samantha, decided to buy 5 acres of…
Orchard Management
Northern Perspective: February 2026
Hello, 2026! As of early January, chilling is accumulating at a similar pace to the last few years, nut prices are generally improved, and Shasta…
Orchard Management
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…
Orchard Management
Plan to Care for and Purchase Orchard Tires
It’s January, you have a barn full of tractors, sprayers, trucks, tillers, mowers and ATVs with flat tires. Looking at them, you have an itchy…
Orchard Management
Active Soil Biology Boosts Plant Nutrition and Yields
Your soil is teeming with biology. Or at least it should be. I’ve read reports that soil can harbor more than a billion individual cells of bacteria…
Nutrition
Using CO₂ and Fungal Ratios to Gauge Soil Health
Our soil is alive. It can be teeming with biology from micro to macroorganisms. These “bugs” can be detrimental for plants that cause and carry…
New Tech
Is Drone Seeding the Future for Cover Crops?
Seeding cover crops in tree nut orchards presents a unique challenge, largely due to timing. By the time growers are ready to seed, the ground is…