…Board: Your crop is set, but now, hungry pests are poised to move in. Spider mites, ants and navel orangeworm are three primary pests that can do serious damage to…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachio, May 1
Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide bring us the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) Degree Day Report for pistachios as of May 1. Degree days are determined using the calculator at the…
Dow Degree Day Report: NOW in Pistachio, April 24
Dow AgroSciences and Intrepid Edge insecticide brings us the Navel Orangeworm (NOW) Degree Day Report for pistachios as of April 24. Degree days are determined using the calculator at the…
Valencia Oranges Increase, Non-Valencia Decrease in Citrus Forecast
…8.00 million boxes (320,000 tons), up 3 percent from the previous forecast but down 29 percent from last season’s revised final utilization. The California Navel orange forecast is 43.0 million…
NOW Cost Pistachio Growers $100 Mil
Navel orangeworm (NOW) hit the pistachio crop hard in 2016. Experts estimate NOW cost pistachio growers $100 million total last season. So far, the rare wet winter will help keep…
Almond Board: Navel Orangeworm Predictor
Navel Orangeworm, or NOW, is a big problem for almond growers. AgNet West caught up with UCCE Area Integrated Pest Management Advisor for the Sacramento Valley, Emily Simms, at the…
January Crop Production Report
…The yield calculates to 1,846 pounds per acre. Oranges – The 2016 – 2017 California Navel orange forecast is 44.0 million boxes, up 5 percent from the October forecast, and…
Almonds, Walnuts Unite in Northern California
…have one on spray-application technology, one on using dendrometers for irrigation management and another on management for navel orangeworm and coddling moth.” Pre-registrtion is not required for the event, but…
Central Valley Growers Welcome Cold
…high 20s to low 30s on Friday-Sunday nights which is ideal for most citrus varieties at this point in the season. Navel oranges and lemons are generally more cold tolerant…
Citrus Crop Forecast has No Changes
…boxes. Early increased from 590 to 600 thousand boxes and Honey decreased from 420 to 360 thousand boxes. FCOJ yield is 1.44 gpb and Florida Navel oranges were unchanged at…
Growers, Researchers Fight Citrus Disease
…stake is California’s fresh citrus production. California farmers provide much of the nation’s supply of navel oranges, mandarins, lemons and specialty citrus varieties—and have looked on nervously while Florida citrus…
Florida Citrus Harvest Expected to Decline
…of non-Valencia oranges, or early, mid-season, and Navel varieties, and 36.0 million boxes of Valencia oranges. The Navel orange forecast, at one million boxes, accounts for three percent of the…
Pacific Region October Crop Production Report
…2016-17 California orange crop forecast is 50.5 million boxes. California’s Navel orange forecast is 42.0 million boxes. Harvest is expected to begin in late October or early November. California’s Valencia…
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…and mites to some orchards. Husk fly sprays were applied to some walnut groves. Pistachios were progressing well and some orchards were treated for navel orangeworm. California Citrus Valencia oranges…