…bags amid rising demand, and signs of tightening supplies that are evident in top coffee grower Brazil, where inventories have dropped sharply. Investing in new coffee trees requires a long-term…
2017 California Prune Harvest Returns to Typical Levels
…reporting healthy trees that have rebounded from the weather-related challenges of recent years. “We are on track for a good year for California prunes,” said John Taylor, Vice President/Owner, Taylor…
NOW Damage Bigger Issue Than Growers Think
…from processors determining damage based on weight and not count. “When you’re weighing nuts that have been half-eaten it is less damage than if you did a true nut count…
Pecan Pies at Risk Following Hurricane Irma
…weeks before harvest. The University of Georgia estimated that 30 percent of production may have been lost after high winds sent pods flying off branches and blew down trees. Bloomberg…
Growers Set for Sizable Walnut Harvest
…their nut set, there’s a lot of doubles and triples in the trees.” According to NASS, in-shell weight per nut, along with length and width measurements were all above last…
Getting Your Garden Fall Ready
…temperatures. Stake young and newly planted trees. Another thing you can do to prepare your garden for fall. Fill up the birdfeeder, since Fall is migration time and your feathered…
Medfly Quarantine Issued in Los Angeles County
…with an organic formulation of Spinosad to eliminate mated females and reduce the density of the population. Crews will also be working to remove fruit from trees within 100 meters…
Lowest Navel Orange Projection in Nine Years
…in the Central Valley, with an average of 135 trees per acre. The survey also indicated a fruit set of 273 per tree, down from 384 last season and below…
Almond Harvest Continues, Postharvest Irrigation Importance
…the location and weather, almond trees can require between 12 to 15 inches of water during the post-harvest period of mid-August to early November. The biggest demand from trees comes…
Cotton and Orange Juice Futures See Bounce Amidst Hurricanes
…severe damage, with trees already full of fruit. Florida is also the nation’s biggest sugar producer, and sugarcane crops could be knocked down, or lose sugar content, from the hurricane….
Almond Board: Ag in the Classroom
…together, and feature Auntie Bee’s story about how an almond is grown, the history of the almond industry, and the many uses of the Nut of Choice. The materials are…
Is Subsurface Drip Irrigation the Way to Go?
…meaning, multiple irrigations every day during the season,” said Phene. Fruit trees approaching full maturity at KARE are scheduled for 11 irrigation cycles a day, at 13 minutes per cycle…
California Walnut Production Forecast Down
…sunburn preventative materials. Harvest is expected to begin during the middle of September. The 2017 Walnut O.M. Survey utilized a total of 737 blocks with two sample trees per block….
Reasons to Plant in the Fall
…trees, shrubs, and perennials that have grown in a garden center all season have a root system and plant structure that is better established than it was in spring, usually…