…from this survey will be used in conjunction with the Walnut Acreage Survey to estimate the walnut acres in California. Procedures Questionnaires were mailed to all known walnut nurseries in…
California Walnut Acreage Report
…The major source of the walnut detailed data was a questionnaire mailed to all walnut growers included in the NASS database. The mailing was made to approximately 4,900 walnut growers…
Paint Linked to Walnut Bud Break Issues
Walnut producers and farm advisors saw some bud break problems last year and it might have had something to do with protective white paint applied to the tree. Paint Linked…
Still Testing Walnut Pruning Method
…all growers, as some spacing issues might pop up several years down the road. Walnut Pruning Approach Gaining Popularity Walnut growers heard in-depth about a different walnut pruning approach that…
Almond Update: EQIP Program
…almond and walnut growers who adopt harvest equipment shown to reduce particulate matter (dust). Eligible equipment is limited to specific harvesters proven through peer-reviewed demonstration trials at Texas A&M to…
The California Kitchen: Strawberry Walnut Pound Short Cake
In today’s California Kitchen, learn to cook amazing strawberry walnut pound short cake with The Untamed Chef, Albert J. Hernandez. Here’s what you’ll need: To get the cooking directions, listen…
New walnut variety ‘Durham’ released
The UC Davis Walnut Breeding Program has recently released a new walnut variety, ‘Durham’. Researchers say the trees produce good quality kernels with some degree of resistant to a common…
Walnut Pruning Approach Gaining Popularity
Walnut growers heard in-depth about a different walnut pruning approach that is gaining popularity because of the early benefits the trees are showing. Pruning Approach Gaining Popularity Walnut growers, of…
2016 Award Winners for Agriculture, Technology
…Peach Association. He was founding partner of the Sacramento Valley Walnut Growers LLC., a walnut processing and marketing enterprise, and has served as Chairman of that organization since 2006. In…
LBAM Quarantine Change
…are apple, pear, peach, apricot, nectarine, citrus, persimmon, cherry, almond, avocado, oak, willow, walnut, poplar, cottonwood, Monterey pine and eucalyptus. Some common shrub and herbaceous hosts are grape, kiwifruit, strawberry,…
How is Climate Change Affecting Agriculture?
…increased rice, tomato and alfalfa acreage while winter wheat could decline. Among trees and vines, the most sensitive to climate change are walnuts, which require more chill hours. Walnut acreage…
Scale Treatments Lasting Several Seasons
Courtesy: UC ANR Advisors are seeing scale treatments in walnut orchards last multiple seasons and could stretch out the need to treat even further than current practices. Treatments Lasting Several…
Monitoring for Scale Crawlers Earlier
Courtesy: UC ANR 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…
Some Mating Disruption Becoming Cheaper
Courtesy: UC ANR 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…