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Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Roger Isom, president/CEO of Western Agricultural Processors Association, to discuss regulatory updates for California growers and processors, including the statewide pesticide notification system, heat illness regulation and more.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Steve Vasquez, Western Region Certified Crop Advisers Association chair, and Jason Scott, publisher of Progressive Crop Consultant, to discuss the upcoming Crop Consultant Conference on September 25th and 26th in Visalia and what consultants can expect from this event.

Stanislaus County Farm Bureau's Anna Genasci and JCS Marketing's Kristin Platts sit down with Becca Whitman, executive director of California Ag in the Classroom, a Farm Bureau-led program, to discuss educating students and guiding teachers about the critical role agriculture plays in their daily lives.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Natalie Collins, president of California Association of Winegrape Growers, to discuss the impact of wildfire smoke on winegrapes and how the California wine industry is tackling this issue.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Hudson Minshew, CCA and state conservation agronomist with USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, to discuss the complex relationship between cover crops, groundwater and the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Cameron Zuber, UCCE orchard crops farm advisor in Madera and Merced counties, to discuss identifying and mitigating replant challenges in almond orchards and preparing new orchards for issues they may face.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Nick Davis, PCA, CCA and owner of The Owl Box Company, to discuss using the predatory nature of barn owls to control rodent populations in orchards and vineyards.

Check out more information on this subject in the July/August edition of Progressive Crop Consultant.

Stanislaus County Farm Bureau's Anna Genasci and JCS Marketing's Kristin Platts sit down with Josette Lewis, Almond Board of California vice president and chief scientific officer, and Karen Werner, Beam Circular CEO, to discuss the variety of agricultural co-products and the recent partnership between the Almond Board and Beam Circular.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Franz Niederholzer, UCCE farm advisor in Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties, to discuss almond orchard management for the month of August, including harvest and postharvest considerations.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Florent Trouillas, UCCE fruit and nut crop pathologist, to discuss red leaf blotch in almonds, a plant disease that has made its way into California and observed for the first time.