Wrongly maligned as water-wasters, almond growers can now avail themselves of new technology that warns of crop stress before it’s visible to the naked eye.
After an unusually wet 2017, Mae Culumber of University of California Cooperative Extension discusses the importance of irrigation scheduling, even during times absent of drought stress.
Tony Campos, who began growing almonds in 1971 with his brothers, Esteban and Fermin, recently accepted the 2017 Almond Achievement Award winner at the annual Almond Conference in Sacramento, CA.
Although many growers say the market can sustain growth, others see the classic economic relationship between dropping prices and exploding production finally playing out.
