Leaffooted bug can cause a lot of damage to almond, and UC adviser Dr. Kris Tollerup says it’s the time of year to start monitoring for the pests.
Scale Treatments Lasting Several Seasons
Advisors are seeing scale treatments in walnut orchards last multiple seasons and could stretch out the need to treat even further than current practices.
Almond Board: CASP Workshops
Growers have the opportunity to learn more about a new irrigation management tool at CASP workshops next week. Sabrina Hill has more.
Monitoring for Scale Crawlers Earlier
Seeing where you’re at with scale management is important for Walnut growers this time of year and one common monitoring practice needs to start being done earlier than normal.
Agri View: Oh Real Christmas Tree
Everett Griner talks about the real Christmas tree making a comeback in today’s Agri View.
Some Mating Disruption Becoming Cheaper
It’s also that time of year for walnut growers to be monitoring for codling moth and some updates on mating disruption might make the practice a little more feasible for …
Time for Walnut Scale Monitoring
It’s that time of year again for growers to address walnut scale populations in their orchards and that starts with good monitoring to see what pressure there really is.
ACP Education for Northern California
The Citrus Pest and Disease Prevention Program is aiming to educate the northern California citrus industry on Asian citrus psyllid management as the pest continues to move up the state.
Increasing Organic Matter in Orchards
Research is showing some big benefits of increasing organic matter in orchard soils and a resent demonstration showed just one way of doing so.
EPA Moves to Cancel the Insecticide Flubendiamide
Products cause risk to aquatic animals and environments – manufacturers fail to comply with the terms of the registration The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a notice of …
New Pistachio Might Expand Production
New pistachio varieties are showing promising results and one might make production in new areas a possibility.
Remote Imaging Could Reduce Set Size
Remote imaging could change how irrigation systems are designed, creating smaller blocks and maybe even individual trees.
Sustainability on Consumers’ Minds
Sustainability isn’t just on the minds of farmers and ranchers. Consumers are asking those sustainability questions themselves before they buy.
World Pistachio Day
The colorful pistachio nut that will be celebrated all over the world today. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours.