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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…
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Category: Soils
Soils
Five Things to Know About Using Biochar as a Soil Amendment
The U.S. Biochar Initiative, an organization focused on developing end-use markets for biochar, states biochar applications on soil…
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Pistachios
Resilient Pistachio Orchards Start with Healthy Soils
What does “healthy soil” actually mean in a pistachio orchard, and how can growers measure it in a…
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Irrigation
Tree Nut Growers Have to Be More Precise to Keep Yields Up
Congratulations on another good harvest! Growers are the backbone of our existence and the reason the United States,…
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Nutrition
Fixing and Retaining Soil Nutrients Over Winter
As temperatures cool and California’s rainy season begins, plant and microbial activity slows. This reduced biological activity, combined…
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Almonds
Nickels Soil Lab, a Research Legacy Rooted in California’s Toughest Soils
In the heart of Arbuckle, Calif., Nickels Soil Lab has quietly shaped the way tree nut growers farm…
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Soils
Biosolarization Process in Orchards Reaping Crop Benefits
Biosolarization, the practice of using a soil amendment, heat and water to suppress soil pathogens, pests and weeds…
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Almonds
Useful Grower Information Found at Annual Nickels Soil Lab Field Day
The 47th annual Nickels Soil Lab field day, true to its deep roots in the almond industry, provided…
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Cover Crop
Building a City in the Soil; An Underground Metropolis with Clayton Handy
“There were two things my dad complained about growing up, farmers and Californians,” Clayton said. “And I became…
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Disease
Key Aflatoxin Reduction Tool Was Born in an Arizona Cotton Field
“This is our only defense mechanism for reducing aflatoxins in pistachio orchards.” Jeff Gibbons, manager of Setton Farms…
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