…including the almond community, beekeepers, researchers, California and U.S. regulators, and chemical registrants, “Honey Bee Best Management Practices for California Almonds” represents the Almond Board’s most extensive educational documents to…
Almond Matters: Bloom Imminent, Disease Concerns Rise
In today’s Almond Matters, brought to you by Valent U.S.A. Corporation, AgNet West got an update on almond bloom timing and the possibility of issues during bloom that growers haven’t…
Ethanol Exports Reached Record-High 1.01 Billion Gallons in 2016
…and 69 percent, respectively, over 2015 levels. Printed copies of this analysis will available to attendees at RFA’s upcoming National Ethanol Conference, held Feb. 20–22 in San Diego. Meantime, the…
Tomato Growers Evaluate Domestic, Export Markets
…that story about the Nutrition Care Manual, which comes from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, during a presentation to the California Tomato Growers Association annual conference in Modesto—and noted…
State Ag Directors Want NAFTA Fixes
…Commissioner Sid Miller spoke at a recent winter policy conference for state ag directors, saying,” We know NAFTA is probably going to be renegotiated, and we want to be at…
Almond Board: Irrigation Workshops
In today’s Almond Update, Jenny Nicolau, manager, industry relations for the Almond Board, tells us about upcoming irrigation workshops the Almond Board is having on efficient irrigation and nitrogen use….
Almond Matters: February Means Bloom Time
In today’s Almond Matters, brought to you by Valent U.S.A. Corporation, February means almond bloom. AgNet West’s Taylor Hillman talked with Valent U.S.A.’s Pat Clay a few weeks ago about…
Border Tax Draws Concern from Seed Industry
…Trade Association’s Vegetables and Flower Seed Conference in Orlando, Florida, ASTA CEO Andy Lavigne told the Hagstrom Report the tax could burden the seed industry. He says: “A great deal…
NMPF Lauds New House Bill
…the matter is handled in similar nations, which actually police the matter closely. While the term “almond milk” is seen on products sold in the United States, it is absent…
Unified Bee Health Data Key to Finding Trends
…disease information and giving it back to the beekeepers.” The Almond Board of California (ABC) is a major proponent of the tech transfer teams. The partnership is a non-profit, and…
NPPC Hails Trump U.K. Trade Announcement
…Kingdom, which consists of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, exits the EU. The so-called Brexit process may take up to two years. At a Friday press conference with the…
Seed Trade Talks at Disney
The American Seed Trade Association’s (ASTA) 56th Annual Vegetable and Flower Seed Conference is underway at the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. AgNet Media is at the convention…
Almond Board Election Underway
Voting to fill the board director positions for the Almond Board of California starts tomorrow and runs to the middle of February. Three positions and alternates are up for election….
Beekeepers, Farmers Prepare for Pollination
Almond growers and beekeepers have their fingers crossed that apiarists from California and out of state can supply the state’s 900,000 bearing acres of almond orchards with enough honeybees to…