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Higher AEWR rates coming

Growers are bracing to pay more – around 7% – for their crews in the coming year. The Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) for the H-2A program is expected to rise, based on the results of USDA's Fa
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Almond harvest difficulties in 2023

In 2023, a late spring bloom accompanied by untimely rains and lower than normal temperatures delayed California’s almond harvest for the year. Compared to recent seasons, growers experienced hig

Nut trees part of Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention

Multiple concurrent educational sessions and a large industry trade show will be featured during the three days of the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention. In its 47th year, this comin

Effective dormant strategies look at winter sanitation, chill and irrigation inspection

The recommended activities of mummy hygiene, cleaning diseased canopies, controlling weeds, maintaining irrigation systems and scanning for pests during dormancy can help growers properly ca

UCCE hosts statewide pistachio day

The UCCE is set to hold the 2024 Statewide Pistachio Day on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024 at the Visalia Convention Center, Visalia, California. The objective of this program is to provide an industry o

WSU Extension hosts soil acidity management workshop series

WSU Extension – Walla Walla County, in partnership with University of Idaho Extension – Nez Perce County and the PNW Farmers’ Network, will host a three-part workshop series on soil acidity mana
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Walnut and almond advisor John Post focuses on helping growers

California almond acreage drops again in 2023

California’s total almond acreage dropped again in 2023, this time by about 74,000 acres, making two years in a row that acreage has decreased, something that has not happened since at least 1995, a
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USDA releases details on 2022 Census of Agriculture data

The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will release the 2022 Census of Agriculture data on Feb. 13, 2024. NASS concluded the data col

Meridian Growers releases update on pricing of pistachios and almonds

Meridian Growers provided an update on pistachio and almond pricing on Nov. 14, 2023. PISTACHIOS "Not much change from last week on inshell pricing. Have seen a softening on kernel prices especially

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