California
While conceding that walnut growers and handlers are facing tough challenges, the new plan focuses on fresh produce positioning and meat alternatives.
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Bearing acreage grew, but there were fewer new plantings, and removed orchards contributed to the drop in total acreage and continued a trend from 2021.
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It’s hard to estimate Schwankl’s impact on the state’s agriculture industry with his career focus on sprinkler, drip and flood irrigation management.
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Costs are high, water is scarce, and prices to growers are low. With the economics of tree crops the toughest they've been in decades, is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
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Almond growers can anonymously assist in the effort by sending the new equipment's runtime and serial number to their local NRCS office.
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This course on the fundamentals of fruit and nut tree growth and management is back in person, featuring a week of classroom instruction and an optional week of field days.
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Costs are way up and may not ease anytime soon, and forging ahead with the same practices and expecting a natural return to better times is looking like a long shot.
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Farmers from California's Central Valley received zero federal water deliveries, and severely reduced state allocations. Now hit with groundwater pumping fines, farmers took to the Capitol to protest.
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California forests are experiencing more tree
mortality, the snowpack is being lost to the atmosphere, and groundwater aquifers are becoming depleted.
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Groundwater recharge, organic matter, reduced or no tillage – in the middle of drought, management practices may help improve the retention of limited water resources.
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