For a successful harvest, start the season strong. A large crop at harvest requires good bee activity at bloom in the orchard. The current UC general recommendation for bee hive stocking rates is 1-3 strong hives per acre. A strong hive contains at least 8 frames covered with bees, an actively laying queen, and one to two frames of brood. …
When prices are lean walnut farming is tough business. Farm advisors are not economists or financial advisors. However, farm advisors can be useful in providing best practices for economically sustainable production. Two key economic decisions growers face are when to replant individual trees and when to remove and replant entire orchards. Learn from Dying Trees to Improve Management of the …
Walnut rootstock options were historically seedlings, either Northern California Black (Juglans nigra), or Paradox (a cross between English Walnut, Juglans regia, and Northern California Black). Those two options still exist, but as research and technology advances in walnut cloning, clonal rootstocks are becoming more available. With this new advancement, growers have questions. Hopefully, I can provide some answers. What is …
Are you not seeing the results you expected in your latest fungicide/insecticide application? Watch this brief interview with Peter Ako Larbi from the UC Cooperative Extension who shares several considerations on how growers can improve their pesticide spray coverage in their orchard or vineyard.
Gill’s Mealybug was an unusually difficult problem for many pistachio growers last year. Watch this brief interview with David Haviland to learn what growers can do right now to get these pests under control and read more about it in Pacific Nut Producer Magazine.
Topics – Whole Orchard Recycling, Bot, Phompsis & Mold, Insect Control, Beneficial Birds in IPM, Local Research Updates, Laws & Regs, California Walnut Board Updates Continuing Education Credits – Pending Approval
The annual Tehama Walnut Day is designed for walnut growers, walnut industry providers, and those interested in more about walnut production. AGENDA 7:30 – Registration & refreshments 8:00 – Laws and Regulations Update – Tom Moss and Heather Kelly, Tehama County Department of Agriculture 8:30 – Proper Recycling of Pesticide Containers – Paul Freund, Tehama County Solid Waste Management Agency …
Topics – To Be Announced. Continuing Education Credits – To Be Announced…
Assorted presentations by University of California farm advisors and specialists on the latest, research-based information on farming almonds. Offering 2.0 Hours of DPR Continuing Education Credits 3.5 Hours of CCA Hours. 7:30 Registration opens 8:30 Welcome with Roger Duncan, Farm Advisor, UCCE Stanislaus County Bacterial Blast – Why It Was a Problem In 2019 and Can We Protect Against It?Dr. Jim …
Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) & the Farmers Guild invite you to a cover crop field day. Focus: Come learn about cover crops from experienced growers and technical advisers at Davis Ranches in Colusa, with a focus on integrating cover crops into the management calendar and seed selection. Topics covered and speakers will include: • Benefits and tradeoffs of …
