New Product May Change Planting

Taylor HillmanTree, nut & vine crops

One of the new products unveiled at the World Ag Expo might radically change the way grape growers plant new vines in the future. A German vineyard equipment manufacturing company…

2012 CA Wine Grape Production

Taylor HillmanTree, nut & vine crops

2012 was a good year for California wine grape growers. They crushed 4.01 million tons of grapes after the 2012 harvest, which sets a new record. The previous record was…

Biggest Tomato Crop in CA History?

Taylor HillmanSpecialty Crops

This year’s processing tomato crop in California could be one of the biggest in history. If the government projections hold true, California tomato growers should produce 13-million tons for processing…

Pistachio Research Helps Growers’ Profits

Taylor HillmanGeneral

The pistachio industry is banking on research efforts to help growers to become more profitable. The California Pistachio Research Board is donating one and a half million dollars to help…