This year’s weather has pushed the schedule back by approximately a week, but the walnut harvest is just around the corner. Cooperative Extension Orchard Systems Advisor for Glenn County, Dani…
Wineries Hoping for End to Wildfires
Large wildfires throughout the Pacific Northwest are taking their toll on vineyards. The significant amount of smoke and ash in the air can make its way into wine grapes, having…
Almond Board: Low-Dust Harvest Equipment Demos
The Almond Board of California is hosting two demonstrations featuring low-dust harvesting equipment. Growers and others in the industry are invited to head out to see side-by-side demonstrations of low-dust…
Almond Harvest Continues, Postharvest Irrigation Importance
This time of year, almond growers are primarily focused on getting their crops harvested, but it’s also a time to remember the importance of postharvest irrigation. UC Cooperative Extension Pomology…
Wind, Rain Hit Central Valley Vineyards
…quarter of an inch of rain. Raisin grapes in most areas had already been set out to be dried in the field by late-summer heat. Adding moisture at this stage…
California Wine Grape Harvest in High Gear
…are now being mechanically harvested. Harvester technology has developed to a point that grapes can retain better quality and have the advantage of being delivered quicker. The wine grape harvest…
Fall Foods to Forage
…a recyclable bag or sturdy box, a sharp knife, and scissors for harvesting. Apples may be the number one fall harvest. Crab apples tend to be the wilder option. Other…
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….
Help Texas Agriculture Rebuild After Hurricane Harvey
…time—harvest season,” Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening said. “Hurricane Harvey struck an area of the state known for cattle, cotton, rice and other row crops.” Texas is a leader…
Raisin Growers Must ‘Opt-in’ to Class Action Lawsuit
…program constituted a “taking” of private property subject to just compensation under the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution in June. After the harvest of 2010, the USDA no longer…
Harvey Impact on Texas Agriculture
Hurricane Harvey arrived on the Texas coast as the state’s cotton harvest of an expected bumper crop was getting underway. The Texas cotton harvest is around 10 percent complete, with…
Plant Now for Fall Harvest
Cathy Isom fills us in about some things to plant right now for the Fall harvest. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Plant Now for Fall Harvest Now…
Almond Board: July Position Report
…the almond crop production cycle. August, the beginning of harvest, marks the beginning of each new crop year and the following July position report rounds out the final shipment numbers…
Dicamba Damage Reports Still Climbing
…investigations across roughly 2.5 million acres. Bradley says the ultimate effect any dicamba damage will have on yields and farmer profits will be difficult to guess until harvest time. “In…