- NEW - ARB Meetings to Address Regulations, Loans
- California Almonds Raise the Bar
- UPDATED - Water Ways: Survival Strategies
- Almond Board Election Results
- Allergy Issue
- Almond Allergen Research
- Enhancing Orchard Productivity
- Government Affairs: Peanut Recall Will Drive Food Safety Discussions, Recommendations
- Worlds of Healthy Flavors
- Take Me to Your Leaders
MARCH
3 Environmental Committee 9:30AM 5 Environmental Stewardship Tour 10:00AM 10 Food Quality & Safety Committee 11:00AM
APRIL
8 International Committee 9:30AM 13 Nutrition Research Committee 9:30AM 22 PR and Advertising Committee 10:00AM 28 Production Research Committee 9:30AM
Water Ways
SURVIVAL STRATEGIES
PAST AND CURRENT UC research funded by the ABC will continue to help the industry cope with water shortages and drought. Employing regulated deficit irrigation strategies, growers facing restricted water supplies last year were able to produce a crop with no loss in yields. This season many growers may face more severe restrictions. This same research indicates trees can survive with about 12 inches of applied water, depending on stored soil moisture and on how applications are managed and timed according to tree demand during the season.
UC is extending drought irrigation strategies, and this valuable information is on the ABC Web site under Production Research, Drought Management. Here you will find a link to the UC Drought management Web site, information on UC Cooperative Extension meetings on drought irrigation management being held this spring, and the presentations from these.
In addition, research being initiated at the Nickels Estate will look at tree survival and performance under different scenarios. This work will assess the interplay between different levels of restricted water and levels of canopy reduction. Current season survival and carryover effects on bloom and yield for an additional two to four years will be determined.
The University of California is sponsoring an emergency almond drought meeting March 31 at Panoche Creek Packing in Kerman.
MAINTAINING readily retrievable records of your farm's operations is essential when it comes to food safety. Records should include areas such as fertility management, pesticide and foliar applications, worker training programs, servicing of sanitary facilities, diagrams of adjacent land use and operations, and water source and quality information. Documentation maximizes your investment in risk reduction; without documentation there is no proof that your food safety program exists.
