Courtesy: UCANR In today’s Almond Matters, brought to you by Valent, fall rains are on their way and weeds won’t be far behind. “Fleabane and marestail are two of the…
New Pesticide Regulations Begin January 1
…will be affected by the new pesticide regulations. “If you go back and look at the data, there’s more danger from the chemicals that the schools apply on the ground…
Evergreen Herbs for Your Garden
Cathy Isom fills us in about the evergreen herbs you’ll want to have for year-round color and harvesting. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Evergreen Herbs for Your…
Almond Board: Post-Harvest Irrigation
…almond production. There is an inherent conflict between the goals of maintaining groundwater quality while maintaining a productive irrigated agriculture. These issues are being addressed by the Central Valley Salinity…
Almond Board: Leadership Program Personal Experience
We have the third installment in our series on the Almond Leadership Program. Almond Board of California offers a one-year leadership training that inspires and prepares almond community members to…
Almond Board: Almond Leadership Program
We continue our series on the Almond Leadership Program by the Almond Board of California. Sabrina Hill talks with Cameron White of Sierra View Ranch, who is a past participant…
Almond Matters: First Rains Mean Weed Control Begins
The “Almond Matters” segment, brought to you by Valent U.S.A. Corporation, is back for another season. Some areas of the state saw a small amount of rain last week. Valent’s…
Celebrating National Bologna Day
…baloney, boloney, or polony) is a kind of sausage derived from the Italian mortadella Bologna. It is a finely ground pork sausage that contains lard. According to the U.S. Government…
Watching Out for Black-Hearted Pomegranates
…rid of it and pick up all the mummies, anything that’s on the ground,” Faber said. Unlike stone fruit suffering from infections such as brown rot in which symptoms are…
Farmers in Wildfire Zones Assess Impact
By Kevin Hecteman As firefighters worked to gain ground on wildfires ravaging several Northern California counties, farmers and ranchers began, as one put it, “to take inventory and figure out…
NRCS Streamlining EQIP Applications for Fire Recovery
…risk for erosion and mudflows and EWP-type services are key to preventing further damage. The program requires local government bodies or another sponsor to assist with on-the-ground work including concrete…
Almond Board: Almond Map
The Almond Board of California (ABC) has invested in a comprehensive mapping analysis to improve the precision, accuracy and transparency of information about the almond community. The maps, developed in…
Benefits of No-Dig Garden Beds
…Beds Imagine a garden where you never have to lift a shovel, dig into the ground and turn up the soil. You just create your garden by piling organic matter…
Agri View: cotton, polyester, fabric
Everett Griner talks about how the cotton fabric is changing and losing ground to synthetics in today’s Agri View. cotton, polyester, fabric Image credit: from tradeindia.com/Pinterest/by Rajni Sharma / Fashion…