Current Southern Sacramento Valley ET Report – October 30
Irrigation Evapotranspiration (ET) Report for the Woodland, Davis, Staten Island, and Verona CIMIS stations. Continue reading
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Current Northern Sacramento Valley ET Report – October 23
Irrigation Evapotranspiration (ET) Report for Tehama, Butte and Colusa county CIMIS stations. Continue reading
“Field Visit: Nematode Management in Walnut” was held in Escalon, CA
Establishing a new walnut orchard is a long-term investment that requires detailed planning to enable 35 to 40 years of bountiful and sustainable production. RLN is estimated to be present in 85% of California walnut orchard soils. Read to learn more. Continue reading
Previous Northern Sacramento Valley ET Reports – July 2025
This report covers the CIMIS stations in Gerber, Biggs, Durham, and Williams. More information on using ET Reports is available here. Bookmark this page and visit weekly for the most current report. Accumulations started on March 1, 2025 for pasture, … Continue reading
Previous Southern Sacramento Valley ET Reports – July 2025
This report covers the CIMIS stations in Woodland, Davis, Staten Island, and Verona. More information on using ET Reports is available here. Bookmark this page and visit weekly for the most current report. Accumulations started on March 1, 2025 for … Continue reading
Water Newsletter
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Peach Newsletter
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Navel Orangeworm Biofix in a Wet Spring
The extremely wet winter this year has likely helped growers to kill more overwintering navel orangeworms (NOW) than in warmer and dryer winter years. However, a wet, cold winter will not kill all NOW, and being complacent might result in a bad NOW year. Continue reading
Prune Newsletter
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Walnut Newsletter
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Previous Southern Sacramento Valley ET Reports – May 2025
This report covers the CIMIS stations in Woodland, Davis, Staten Island, and Verona. More information on using ET Reports is available here. Bookmark this page and visit weekly for the most current report. Accumulations started on March 1, 2025 for … Continue reading
Previous Northern Sacramento Valley ET Reports – March 2025
This report covers the CIMIS stations in Gerber, Biggs, Durham, and Williams for June 28 – Aug 1, 2024. Continue reading
Flooding and Almond Tree Survival
An excerpt from The Almond Doctor on a tree’s response to flooding. Continue reading
Native hedgerows as a weed management tool in orchards
Justin Valliere, Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension, Invasive Weed & Restoration Ecology, UC Davis Rachael Long, Emeritus Farm Advisor for Field Crops, Pest Management Field edges are a common source of weed intrusion into farms, often requiring intensive management. Establishing … Continue reading
Walnut Mold and How to Manage It
Themis J. Michailides & Victor Manuel Gabri, University of California, Davis / Kearney Ag Research and Extension Center In the last several years, walnut growers in California experienced unusually high levels of mold in their crop. Particularly in 2018, growers … Continue reading