This year California Walnut growers seem to be struggling with the low selling price of walnuts. Poidexter Nut Company’s Keith Caetano tells us more about this unsual slump in prices….
Adapting Drone Technology for California Ag
…“With permanent crops, we aren’t looking for any of them that are dead. Theses growers already know where dead trees are or they’re missing trees. What we want to do…
Shade Plants
…much shadier than on a southern exposure. The density of the tree canopy also factors in: Pine trees, with their slender needles and a branching pattern that tends to hold…
Avocado Growers Face Obstacles but Harvest More Fruit
…the trees and now, as we’re harvesting, we keep finding more and more fruit we didn’t realize was there,” Leavens said. The previous, 2014-15 avocado crop came in at about…
Agri View: Labor Shortages
…nearly 80 percent of raisin and berry growers were unable to find enough employees to prune trees and vines or pick crops. This is a problem for all facets of…
NIFA Announces Funding
…developed kits that allow farm managers to rapidly determine nitrate levels in plants; a project by Whole Trees, LLC that developed a new market for small-diameter round timber – a…
Asian Citrus Psyllid Quarantines
…stock and budwood grown in USDA-approved structures which are designed to keep ACP and other insects out. Residents with backyard citrus trees in the quarantine area are asked not to…
IndexBox Marketing: Orange Market In Crisis
…(6,680 thousand tonnes) account for a significant amount of orange production, together supplying 45% of total global volume. In turn, the largest plantations of orange trees are located in Florida…
New Olive Growing Cost Studies
…and hand harvesting methods. The companion study estimates the costs for establishing and producing olives for oil under super-high-density planting (726 trees per acre) using mechanical pruning and harvest. The…
Partnership Keeps Pressure on Nut Cargo Theft
…and the Western Agricultural Processors Association (WAPA) to raise awareness of nut cargo theft, increase communication between the nut industry and law enforcement, and help mitigate theft. The collaboration began…
Agri View: Money Crops
Everett Griner talks about money growing on trees in today’s Agri View. Money Crops From: USDA Economic Research Service Fruit and Tree Nuts The U.S. fruit and tree nuts industry…
Almond Forecast Up
…entire tree. Along intermediate stages (i.e., the bearing surface between forkings), every fifth nut is picked. All nuts on the terminal branch are picked. These nuts are used to determine…
Every Kid In A Park
…with walking sticks and backpack; boy is pointing toward something interesting up in trees. This image was used in the “Children and Nature” Conference at the National Conservation Training Center….
The California Kitchen: Black Berry Chicken Salad Lettuce Wrap
…Cup Roasted Chicken Breast 1 Cup Toasted Macadamia Nut’s ½ Cup Mayo ¼ Cup Berries Fresh Red Leaf Lettuce 3 T Mustard 1 T Honey 1 T Brown Sugar To…