Recent Articles
Recent Articles
Students Improve Crop Residue Monitoring using Satellites
Students from the University of Toronto are building new satellite systems to help map crop residue from orbit using hyperspectral...
Nominations open for the 2025 Almond Achievement Awards
Know someone who has done great work in almonds this year? Submit your nomination now through Oct....
The Rise of Self Fertile: The Almond Industry is Decoding Tree Genetics
Gene-editing technology is improving quickly, and self-fertile almond varieties are drastically shortening the time frames required for plant...
USDA Forecasts a Strong Year for California Walnuts in 2025
The USDA is predicting 2025 to be a strong production year for the California walnut industry, with higher nut quality and an 18% increase in...
California Continues Pesticide Reduction Streak with 2023 Data
California has seen a decline over the last decade in usage of some of the most problematic pesticide categorie...
CDFA opens 2026 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program and review committee applications
The window is not open for California specialty crop growers to send in their grant...
California Walnut Board announces new leadership for 2025–2027 term
The board members will work collectively to advance the initiatives of the California walnut...
Supporting trees through harvest stress
Tissue samples, phosphite boosts, and conditioning can all be helpful tools for trees and crops during high-stress harvest...
Unlocking new value: Commercializing almond hulls as food ingredients
With high fiber, natural sugars, phytochemicals, and minerals, almond hulls are showing strong potential as a human food...