…About the Almond Board of California: At the request of the almond industry, a Federal Marketing Order for almonds was established in 1950. At that time, it dealt primarily with…
Almond Board: Marketing Session at Almond Conference
…Board: Over the years, Almond Board of California (ABC) has cultivated not only the awareness of almonds with consumers, but they’ve elevated almonds to top-of-mind. In large part, the consumer…
Almond Board: Almond Conference Sessions
At the upcoming Almond Conference, emeritus professor of plant sciences at UC Davis Ted DeJung Is speaking on the specifics of growing almonds trees. He tells us about his session…
Almond Matters: New Tool for California Growers
…of field development for Valent USA, Clay says there is a new tool available this coming season for California almond growers. “The new product for almonds is called ReTain California…
UC Releases New Cost Study for Growing Almonds
UC Agricultural Issues Center has released a new study on the cost and returns of establishing an orchard and producing almonds in the southern San Joaquin Valley. The cost analysis…
California Almond Nursery Sales Report
…used to calculate an average trees per acre of 135. This results in almost 108,000 acres of almonds planted since June 2015. Nearly 32,000 of these acres were Nonpareils. A…
Kern County 2015 Crop Report
…crop value ($7,552,323,690). The top five commodities for 2015 are Grapes, Almonds, Citrus, Milk and Cattle & Calves, which make up more than $4.6 Billion (67%) of the Total Value;…
Almond Board: Spatial Database Project
At the upcoming Almond Conference, the Almond Board is presenting a new spatial database project that puts California almonds on the map – literally. The Almond Board worked with Land…
Orchard Wood Recycling Offers Disposal Option
…learn for themselves. They grow almonds, peaches and pistachios in Tracy, Merced, Madera and in Kings County. They’ve previously sent their wood chips to a cogeneration plant, but that’s getting…
Almond Board: Almond Leadership Program
…leaders meeting the challenges of a changing industry. Program requirements can be viewed here. For questions or to submit your application, email Jenny Nicolau. Get all the information at: http://www.almonds.com/growers/programs-and-events/almond-leadership-program…
Agri View: Top Tree Nuts
…has included almonds, pistachios and walnuts. And credit for production goes to California. Well now there is a fourth tree nut to be counted, pecans. In the last three or…
Nut-based Feed Satisfies Trout’s Protein Requirements
…in a nut mixture made from pistachios and almonds that did not meet consumer standards for color, size and other qualities. Barrows and his colleagues evaluated the nut mixture in…
New Toolkit for Teachers
…the lists below. Common foods grown/ produced in California almonds, apples, apricots, asparagus, artichokes, avocados, barley, beans, beef, black-eyed peas, blueberries, bread, broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupe, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cheese, cherries,…
Almond Board: Achievement Award Nominations Due
…almonds.com or email the Almond Board of California’s Jenny Nicolau. Nominations are due by October 19. The award recipient is announced at the gala dinner during the almond conference this…