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What’s Shakin’ at the Almond Alliance | Mar 17, 2023

This past week, Aubrey Bettencourt, President and CEO of the Almond Alliance, discusses:

00:30 - Presidential Disaster Declaration:

Weather and Damage Report: Document and Notify. Remember to notify your insurance agent, County Commissioner & USDA Farm Service Agency.

05:17 - US Farm Bill priorities have been submitted, and we are now working through appropriations.

05:43 - Pollinator Habitat Program - $2 Million Grant partnered with Great Valley Seed.

06:55 - LandFlex and Groundwater Recharge

08:56 - Almond Alliance Conference April 24th - 27th in La Quinta

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LandFlex Launch | EP07 Almond Alert

In this episode, Aubrey Bettencourt, President and CEO of the Almond Alliance and Anja Raudabaugh, CEO of Western United Dairies discuss the latest on LandFlex.

For more information on LandFlex, please visit landflex.org

For questions about this episode, please contact Anja at [email protected]

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What’s Shakin’ at the Almond Alliance | Mar 03, 2023

This week, Aubrey Bettencourt, President and CEO of the Almond Alliance, discusses:

00:30 - Listening Sessions were held in Mcfarland, Fresno and Turlock.

01:25 - The Williams Listening Session has been moved to later in the week. 

01:50 - Working on our priorities for the US Farm Bill

03:15 - Trade and Supply Chain

03:39 - LandFlex

06:26 - Almond Alliance Conference April 24th - 27th in La Quinta

07:08 - Weather and Damage Report: Document and Notify. Remember to notify your insurance agent, County Commissioner & USDA Farm Service Agency.

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What’s Shakin’ at the Almond Alliance | Feb 24, 2023

This week, Aubrey Bettencourt, President and CEO of the Almond Alliance, reports from her family farm. She discusses:

➡️ Weather and Damage Report: Document and Notify. Remember to notify your insurance agent, County Commissioner & USDA Farm Service Agency.

➡️ US Farm Bill priorities

➡️ Trade Strategies

➡️ We are working with the Western Ag Conservation Caucus in Reno, NV.

➡️ WIC and other nutrition programs

➡️ Pollinators and endangered species

➡️ Shout out to BeeHero

➡️ For more information on LandFlex, visit landflex.org and look for our next podcast episode dropping on March 1st.

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What’s Shakin’ at the Almond Alliance | Feb 17, 2023

This week, Aubrey Bettencourt, President and CEO of the Almond Alliance, reports from Sacramento. It was a full week for the Almond Alliance staff with the World Ag Expo in Tulare and testifying at the Field Hearing for the U.S. Farm Bill.

➡️The Almond Alliance at the World Ag Expo.

➡️ US Farm Bill Field Hearing

➡️ LandFlex to be announced next week. For more information, visit landflex.org

➡️ Thanks to Congressman Glenn Thompson, Chairman of the House AG Committee, for taking the time to discuss the U.S. Farm Bill with our partners and us. Along with many other congressional representatives from across the nation.

➡️ FDA - Developing comments for “Healthy Labeling” as well as the inclusion of all almond products into WIC and other similar programs

➡️  February 16th - National Almond Day

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What’s Shakin’ at the Almond Alliance | Feb 3, 2023

This week, Aubrey Bettencourt, President and CEO of the Almond Alliance, discusses:

➡️The Almond Alliance at the World Ag Expo.

➡️ US Farm Bill Hearing: The Almond Alliance submitted Questions for the Record (QFRs). Questions included topics such as overall trade, retaliatory tariffs, non-tariff barriers, and new market development.

➡️ What our water world looks like in a post-SGMA era.

➡️ We welcome our two new board members, Blake Vann and Tom Carter.

💡Grower Reminders:

➡️ Sign up for CFAP

➡️  Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase 2 is now open!

➡️ Make sure to report your disaster to your local FSA office

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Is California Out of the Drought? | EP06 Almond Alert

On this episode of the Almond Alert podcast, Aubrey Bettencourt talks water

Aubrey discusses our current status of agricultural water in California and how Turlock Irrigation District is unique to their clientele.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Happy New Year! What a beginning to our new water year!

03:00 - Weather, Weather, Weather! Where we are as far as snow pack (as of Jan 6th, 2023)

Aubrey’s Twitter - @AubBettencourt

04:18 - What is a normal weather year for California?

A few important rules of the hydrovascular system in California.

05:19 - Rule #1 Two-thirds Two-thirds

08:54 - Rule #2 50-40-10 (Environmental-Agriculture-Municipal/Industrial)

15:20 - Rule #3 Drought vs. Water Shortage

Tools that can be implemented tomorrow that would improve the reservoir system in California.

16:31 - Forecast-Informed Reservoir Operations (FIRO)

18:10 - Update Dam Operations Manuals to better suit modern water needs

18:45 - Aerial Snow Observation - Flying LiDAR

19:43 - Michelle Reimers Episode - Listen on Podcast or Watch on YouTube

20:09 - Streamlining our active ground water permitting process

The Almond Alert Podcast is hosted by Aubrey Bettencourt, President and CEO of the Almond Alliance.

To learn more or become a member of the Almond Alliance, visit AlmondAlliance.org.

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What’s Shakin’ at the Almond Alliance | Jan 27, 2023

This week, Aubrey Bettencourt, President and CEO of the Almond Alliance, comes to you from Washington, D.C.

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April 24-27th, 2023 in La Quinta, California

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What’s Shakin’ at the Almond Alliance | Jan 20, 2023

This week, Aubrey Bettencourt, President and CEO of the Almond Alliance, discusses a very busy week.

Local and California Announcements

00:00 - What’s Shakin’ this week

00:27 - Recap of Peanut Tree Nut Conference

00:45 - Spent time with associate members at their annual meeting.

01:05 - Register for the Almond Alliance Conference - CLICK HERE

01:56 - LandFlex Update - enrollment for GSAs is open.

02:53 - Conditions are perfect for active groundwater recharge.

Federal Announcements

For the following programs, document and contact your local FSA office for more information.

04:05 - Emergency Relief Program (ERP) Phase 2 is now open!

05:38 - Pandemic Assistance Revenue Program (PARP?)

06:50 - Document damage to your crops/property and give information to your FSA office to record.

07:52 - Consider micro-loans through the FSA, if you need access to operating capital under $100,000.

09:05 - Tree Assistance Program (TAP) if you have had tree damage.

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