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UCCE Seeks Statewide Input to Develop Future Wildfire Programs

University of California Cooperative Extension invites English- and Spanish-speaking adults in California and natural resource professionals to complete a 15-minute anonymous survey to inform the development of wildfire-related education and outreach programs. Results of the survey will guide local and statewide programming at UCCE and be used to inform organizations, policymakers and scientists working to reduce the risk and impacts …

Watch this brief interview with UCCE Farm Advisor Brent Holtz as he talks about a new tool to fight the tree-killing phytophthora crown and root rot in almond, and be sure to read his monthly Almond Tasks column in Pacific Nut Producer Magazine. Please thank this video’s sponsor Suterra for their industry support.

Watch this brief interview with UC Cooperative Extension Specialist Ashraf El-kereamy as he discusses the performance of table grape varieties from trials with new nematode resistant and salt tolerant rootstocks. Read more in American Vineyard Magazine. Please thank this video’s sponsor Suterra for their industry support.

UC Cooperative Extension and UC Davis will host a Healthy Soils Program field meeting on compost on Thursday, July 28th from 10:00am to 11:30am. The meeting will take place off of S. Landi Road, on Roberts Island in the Delta. Presentation topics include how to acquire compost, different types of compost, how compost can improve soil health and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, and …

It’s not uncommon to find gumming on the trunks and scaffolds of some almond trees when walking through an orchard. While it can be very concerning for the health of the tree, determining whether or not a canker disease is causing it is not so simple. Watch this brief interview with UC Davis Plant Pathologist Florent Trouillas as he explains …

Vine mealybug is a major pest grape growers all over California have to deal with. Not only does this insect produce honeydew that serves as a substrate for black sooty mold, but is also a vector for spreading devastating Leafroll-associate viruses. Watch this brief interview with UCCE Entomology Farm Advisor David Haviland as he shares options growers have for managing this …

Work continues at the mechanical pruning trial site in Red Bluff. The trial, funded by the California Prune Board and led by Dr. Rich Rosecrance at Chico State, was initiated in 2019 and aims to identify lower cost pruning alternatives for growers without compromising yield or fruit quality. The study site is an orchard planted in 2011 at a spacing …

Whole orchard recycling has been a great alternative to the traditional burning of aging almond orchards; however, incorporating the carbon rich wood chips back into the soil presents concerns for nitrogen availability upon replanting. Watch this brief interview with UCCE Farm Advisor Brent Holtz as he shares his nitrogen application recommendations for replanting almonds following orchard recycling based on recent …

As growers prepare to begin monitoring their orchards for walnut husk fly emergence in June, watch this brief interview with Jhalendra Rijal from the Tree & Vine Expo, as he shares more about the nature of this pest and the limited tools growers have to control it. Read more in-depth information about walnut husk fly control in the May issue …

Public Policy Institute of California — California’s farmers are struggling to irrigate their crops during the current severe drought. At the same time, they’re in the early days of a major longer-term transition that will see them using less water overall to safeguard the long-term availability of groundwater, under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). A significant amount of irrigated …

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UCCE Seeks Statewide Input to Develop Future Wildfire Programs

New Tool to Fight Phytophthora Crown & Root Rot in Almond

Table Grape Varieties Taking Well to New Nematode and Salt Resistant Rootstocks

Compost Field Meeting, July 28

What is the Gumming on My Almond Trees, What to Know about Almond Canker Diseases

What are My Options for Managing Vine Mealybug in the Vineyard?

Mechanical Pruning Trial in ‘French’ Prune – Through Year Three

Almond Nitrogen Fertilizer Recommendations Following Whole Orchard Recycling

Growers Limited to Insecticides for Control of Walnut Husk Fly

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