Everett Griner talks about pecan becoming one of the top tree nuts in today’s Agri View. Top Tree Nuts For as long as anyone can recall, the tree nut industry…
Nut-based Feed Satisfies Trout’s Protein Requirements
…Aberdeen, Idaho, worked with Adaptive Bio-Resources, LLC, to evaluate nuts as an alternative to fish meal. ARS fish physiologist Rick Barrows examined methods to modify nutritional composition to increase protein…
Taking the Melodrama out of Almond Orchard Recycling
…noon Oct. 13. Almond farmers will remember a UCCE demonstration last February when the 50,000-pound Iron Wolf rolled like a tank through an almond orchard in Chowchilla, ripping whole trees…
New Toolkit for Teachers
The USDA’s Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion has released the MyPlate, MyState toolkit for teachers looking to introduce their classes to the interrelationship between nutrition and agriculture. The toolkit…
Forestry Experts Say Tree Mortality Brings Added Risk
…havoc on the large-diameter pine trees, leaving the forest with small-diameter and younger pine trees, incense cedar, fir trees and hardwoods like black oak and laurel trees.” Challenges, Stewart said,…
Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review
…since 1985. Estimated nut sets, sizing measurements, average number of trees per acre, and estimated bearing acreage were used in the statistical models. Pacific Region Fruit & Nut Review (.pdf)…
Importance of Accurate Evapotranspiration
…of what the evapotranspiration is for his trees as opposed to something that is calculated from a weather station that is 10, 20 or 30 miles away,” Bianchi Said. …
Fruit Fly’s Genetic Code Revealed
…attacks more than 260 fruit, vegetable and nut crops worldwide, causing billions of dollars annually in direct damage, export sanctions, lost markets, and other costs. Reported in the September issue…
Almond Board: Post-Harvest Irrigation Tools
…important. “The trees are going through bud differentiation and so they are establishing next year’s crop this year and it’s important to get the water back and get the nutrients…
The California Kitchen: Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream
…1 Vanilla Bean 2 Cup Cream 1 Cup Pumpkin Puree 1 T Cinnamon 1 t Nut Meg To get the cooking directions, listen to today’s California Kitchen from AgNet West….
Clean Water Act: Report Details how Agencies Expand Authority
…action if they thought plowing the field to plant trees involved a discharge to wetlands. “The Corps regulator informed the landowner that despite an extensive farming history, orchards were never…
Drought May Accelerate Shot Hole Borer Spread
…trees that are stressed. As the drought continues and more of our landscape and crop trees are stressed for water, they’re more attractive to these types of beetles,” Bianchi said….
Tight Shell Means Less Pests
One way almond breeding is helping to reduce pests and disease is by looking for a happy medium between a tight shell and an easily cracked nut. Continuing our series…
Almond Board: Almonds Rise to Top in Europe
…ingredient, offering flexibility in terms of flavor and form. Top Nut in Many Categories Compared to other tree nuts, almond introductions hold top spots across the categories of confectionary, bakery,…