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A two-year study in California's self-fertile Independence almonds found bee-pollinated trees set more nuts and yielded more, but two hives per acre gave no more flower visits than one.
FruitsWarm, dry weather let growers move quickly through Central Valley orchards, Blue Diamond Growers reports, but per-acre yields are below last year, kernels are small and spider-mite defoliation threatens the 2027 crop.
LivestockThe State Water Board's Dairy Remand Order tells the Central Valley regional board to test lagoons against shallow groundwater, meter nitrogen and set new loading limits.
Effective 11 September, CDFA widened the huanglongbing boundary in the Murrieta area of Riverside County and into San Diego County (grids 484, 499 and 510) and enlarged Asian citrus psyllid bulk-citrus Regional Quarantine Zone 6 to match; movement of regulated articles falls under 3 CCR 3435 and 343
Blue Diamond Growers' market update puts the carry-in at 470.7 million pounds (447.1 million edible), August shipments at 190 million pounds with exports up 31%, India alone took 44.3 million pounds, and August receipts 55% ahead of last year only because harvest began two weeks early; smaller ker
The Consolidated Central Valley Table Grape Pest and Disease Control District's board authorised industry-generated reactionary funds on 21 August to cover a US$1.7 million shortfall in CDFA's glassy-winged sharpshooter surveillance and treatment programme after federal and state funding was cut yea
