Almonds
Prevention May Be the Answer to Wood-Rotting Fungus Spread
A healthy-appearing almond tree that suddenly snaps at its base and falls over? Blame Ganoderma adspersum, an aggressive fungal disease that causes…
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Almonds
Postharvest Considerations for Almonds
Harvest may mark the end of the growing season, but it’s far from the end of orchard management. Postharvest is a critical time to set the stage for…
Pecans
“Trees for the Future” Is Goal of Nationwide Research Project
A “Trees for the Future” research project is aimed at leveraging pecan tree genetics to develop environmentally resilient trees for future…
Industry News
2025 California Walnut Industry Crop Estimate Released
FOLSOM, Calif., September 5, 2025 — The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the official 2025 California Walnut Industry…
Disease
Research Steps Up on New Race of Hazelnut Fungus
Ask a fungus how it evolves, and if it could answer, it would say “adaptation.” Fungi can rapidly multiply and adapt their genes to adverse…
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 rather than a chemical…
Ag Industry
Letter from the Publisher
In agriculture, particularly in the tree nut industry, it is easy to dwell on the challenges. Water allocations, market fluctuations, labor…
Walnuts
Cracking Whole-Orchard Recycling of Walnuts: Researchers Trial Rootstocks, Added Nitrogen to Fine-Tune Walnut Chip Management
Brent Holtz, a UCCE orchard systems farm advisor in San Joaquin County, and fellow researchers have studied whole-orchard recycling (WOR) of almonds…
Orchard Management Monthly Newsletter
How Tobin Barth Returned to Lead Capay Canyon Ranch and Grow California’s Almond Industry
Tobin Barth took a roundabout path to leading Capay Canyon Ranch, the Barth family’s almond processing company. After growing up on the family farm…
Pistachios
American Pistachio Growers Presents Insights into Economics and Sustainability
“Economics come first,” said Joe Coelho, director of sustainability for American Pistachio Growers (APG). Opening the line-up of speakers at the…