Hull split is around the corner for almond growers. The Almond Board of California has five things growers need to remember going into this critical time of the year. ABC’s…
Abnormal Weather Takes A Toll on California Olive Crop
…spring with the warm weather prior to almond bloom,” said Lightle. The 2006 California olive crop was one of the lowest crop sizes in the past 22 years, with only…
Agri View: Tree Crop and Row Crop Differences
Image credit: Almond blossoms, beautiful trees, with white flowers in spring in the field. Copyright: 37128294 – azazel / 123RF Stock Photo Everett Griner talks about tree crop issues in…
Agri View: Chicken Pickin’ Meat Processing Labor
…on by a migrant population. Labor comes and goes. It is almost adequate in the planning, growing, and harvesting seasons. It changes during the following months. Scientists showed us that…
Almond Update: Dialing in Irrigation with Pressure Chambers
May is a critical month to see how your irrigation schedule is doing. Almond Board of California’s Spencer Cooper said it can be hard to catch up on watering in…
Almond Matters: Ant Management in Orchards
…the amount of damage caused by ants and the amount of time that almonds are left on the ground in orchards. “Those two species, the southern fire ant, and the…
Rickert Ranch Irrigation
…there was an existing open ditch system. Spreader ditches carried flow into the field in an attempt to adequately cover all the ground with irrigation water. The result was under-irrigation…
Gardening Simplified, Self-Seeding Crops
…Arugula, easy to grow and makes a great ground cover. Mustard is a double-impact crop. It will provide both seeds and greens. You should also consider planting Nasturtium, Sunflowers, Amaranth,…
Agri View: Cage Free Eggs on the Way
…ground. Do you care if the eggs you had for breakfast came from a hen in a cage or one on the ground? Does it make any difference? It does…
Slimy Slugs Bugging Your Garden
…up barriers to keep them out is another, in the form of ground tobacco stems, oak leaf mulch, copper strips, coffee grounds, coarse sand and seaweed. Slugs like to do…
Agri View: Crop Prospects
…now, so remember that. A lot of these crops should be in the ground by now. So, the rest of the way it is up to the weather. That’s Agri…
Almond Update: Subjective Forecast Eases Damage Concerns
The subjective forecast for the 2018 almond crop is 2.3 billion pounds. That’s a 1.3% increase over last year’s production. Of course this is good news for the industry, even…
Almond Matters: Industry Trends and Concerns
In today’s Almond Matters, brought to you by Valent U.S.A., Burchell Nursery product development and plant breeder John Slaughter provides insight on some of the trends and concerns for the…
Fast Blooming Spring Flowers
…all three. They will cover rocks and less than ideal soils. Creeping Myrtle. Also a ground cover, and a tough plant that will hang around for years. Snowdrops – these…