- Sustainability: Responding to Consumer Demand
- Water Ways: Report Calls Delta Unsustainable
- Shaping Our Destiny
- Drought, Production, Pest Management Drive "Hot Topics"
- The Sweet Spot: California Almonds and Chocolate
- Almonds and Triglyceride Levels
- Government Affairs: Navigating EU MRLs
- Almonds Stand Out at the World Congress of Food Science and Technology
- Consumer Research in India Reveals Almonds Truly Are a Favorite
- Air Board Passes New Rules for On-Road Diesel Trucks
- DPR Issues Revised VOC Rules for Public Comment
JANUARY
7 Food Quality & Safety Committee Meeting 10:00AM 12 Nutrition Research Committee, UC Davis 9:30AM 20 Environmental Committee 9:30AM
FEBRUARY
10 International Committee Meeting 9:30AM 11 PR and Advertising Committee 10:00AM 24 Production Research Committee 9:30AM
OF NOTE
MULE GIVEAWAY
Many thanks go out to UPI, DECCO and Garton Tractor for partnering in the Kawasaki Mule giveaway at the 2008 Almond Industry Conference. Because of their generosity and industry support, Ladd Hackler left the conference with a brand new Kawasaki Mule to use in his operation. In addition to being an associate of Burchell Nursery, Ladd grows almonds on Royal Almond Ranch in Hughson.
The Grand Prize drawing took place at the conference luncheon on Thursday, Dec. 11. Congratulations, Ladd!
ALMOND IPM TEAM HONORED
The seven-member IPM team from the first Almond Pest Management Alliance received the Entomological Foundation's “2008 Award for Excellence in IPM” at the Entomological Society of America (ESA) annual meeting in November.
The team includes UC Integrated Pest Management Specialists Frank Zalom, Carolyn Pickel and Walter Bentley; county farm advisors Mario Viveros, Roger Duncan, and Joe Connell; and Barat Bisrabi of Dow AgroSciences.
The Almond Board of California has been a long-time cooperator in the first Almond Pest Management Alliance and subsequent PMA II.
The November Board of Directors meeting launched the beginning of a new chapter at the Almond Board of California. The Board approved a new global image for the almond industry, which was developed after significant research and input from the Board, committees, staff, and agency partners around the world. The work will help marketing efforts globally to achieve a unified almond image that can be implemented across all marketing strategies. More information on the new global image will be provided in the February newsletter.
AFLATOXIN is a toxic, cancer-causing chemical compound produced by Aspergillus mold, which results from navel orangeworm (NOW) damage. Winter sanitation is necessary to remove mummy nuts before budswell (Feb. 1) until there is an average of less than two per tree. Mummy nuts should then be destroyed by Mar. 15 by disking or flail-mowing to prevent overwintering NOW. Aflatoxin control starts with you in the orchard.
