…coordinator Bob Atkins says agencies will work with growers if abandonment of a grove is necessary. The trees will have to come out at some point or another and Atkins…
Ongoing Water Crisis Takes Toll on Citrus
…a crop, others bought just enough to keep their trees alive, and still others have elected to push out groves to make water available for their more productive trees. Ed…
Weekly Crop Update
…expected to begin earlier than normal. Walnut growers set out husk fly traps and monitored for coddling moths. Pistachio nuts continued to develop. Vegetables around the state: In Fresno and…
California in HLB Eradication Mode
While the Florida citrus industry tries to weather the huanglongbing storm, California is trying to avoid the same situation which means not leaving infected trees in the ground. Taylor Hillman…
CA Citrus Could Go Back to China
…growers here will have to skirt the trees higher than current practices and spray to protect the fruit from the bacteria that causes brown rot. There will also be more…
Researchers Find Possible Cure for Citrus Disease HLB
…Huanglongbing in 80 percent of infected trees’ shoots. However, it could be a while before the findings become an actual treatment. So far, it has only been tested in a…
AgNeTVideo: Nick Hill on Preventing Asian Citrus Psyllid Spread
…Nick Hill talks about best management practices for preventing the spread of the Asian citrus psyllid. The psyllid can spread huanglongbing disease, also called citrus greening, which kills citrus trees….
Questions Remain With Lower Limb Die-back
…almond trees. Taylor Hillman reports. Lower Limb Die-back Doll said some of those competing factors are over irrigation in the spring, shade out, possible pathogens and many others. Even though…
USDA Announces Programs to Conserve Sensitive Land and Help Beginning Farmers
…who utilize conservation methods on environmentally-sensitive lands. For example, farmers are monetarily compensated for establishing long-term vegetative species, such as approved grasses or trees (known as “covers”) to control soil…
Crop Progress for June 4
…harvests remained active. Valencia orange harvest was ongoing. NUT CROPS Walnut and pistachio growers were irrigating orchards and spraying for weeds. Nuts continued to develop on walnut trees; growers monitored…
2014 California Dried Plum (Prune) Forecast
…is estimated at 49,000. Dried plum trees were pulled after the 2013 harvest, reducing acreage by 2 percent for the 2014 season. The French prune variety accounts for virtually all…
Yield Doubled in Walnut Pruning Trial
…advisor David Doll showed growers that pruning trees had very little benefits in their orchard and that the unpruned trees had double the yield. Yield Doubled in Walnut Pruning Trial…
Pacific Region Field Crop Review
…below April 2013. The index increase for oilseeds & grains more than offset the index decrease for fruit & tree nut production. The April Food Grains Index at 101, is…
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…were fertilizing and irrigating orchards. Nuts continued to size on almond trees. Catkins continued to develop on walnut trees as bloom began. Early walnut varieties were developing nuts. Walnut growers…