Almond Board: Bee Hive Removal

Taylor HillmanAlmond Update, Tree, nut & vine crops

…to the San Joaquin Valley each year. Managing Bloom Sprays Treating almond orchards for bloom-time pests, particularly diseases, is important, and fungicide applications are needed in many growing situations. Nevertheless,…

State Water Project Allocations Doubled

Taylor HillmanDrought, Water

…percent of its historical average for the date. Shasta Lake north of Redding, California’s and the federal Central Valley Project’s (CVP) largest reservoir, was holding 2,690,554 acre-feet, 59 percent of…

Drought Beer

DanDrought, Features, This Land of Ours

…remainder roughly split between Oregon and Idaho. Washington’s primary hops-growing area is the Yakima Valley, located in the Yakima River basin on the eastern (lee) side of the Cascade Mountains….

Industry Gets White Rot Update

Taylor HillmanSpecialty Crops, Vegetables

…in a field where th disease is present doesn’t work but there is promising bio-stimulant research being developed in Oregon and the Central Valley. Ehn says the bio-stimulant research uses…

Almond Board: More on AIM

Taylor HillmanGeneral

…various ways the almond industry can help meet the California Central Valley’s exacting air quality standards. This initiative will identify alternatives that will result in cleaner air for all those…

National Almond Day

DanTree, nut & vine crops

…per cent of the world’s almonds are now grown. Originally from central and southwest Asia, almonds became a staple food there that helped sustain the long journeys of nomadic tribes….

Agri View: El Niño Impact

DanAgri View, Weather

…to a periodic warming in sea surface temperatures across the central and east-central Equatorial Pacific. Typical El Niño effects are likely to develop over North America during the upcoming winter…