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.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Felipe Avileis, Ph.D. student with UC Davis, to discuss the unintended consequences of clean fuel policies and how these affect emissions, land use and the prices of fuel and vegetable oils.

Stanislaus County Farm Bureau's Anna Genasci and JCS Marketing's Kristin Platts sit down with Steven Fenaroli, political affairs director for California Farm Bureau, to discuss updates on H5N1 Avian Influenza and how California producers can stay vigilant. 

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Shriya Rangarajan, postdoctoral researcher with the Organic Agriculture Institute, to discuss pressing concerns within the growing California organic ag industry and how these will be addressed in the future.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Jeff Mitchell, cropping systems specialist at UC Davis, to discuss conservation agriculture in California and how certain practices, including no-till and cover cropping, have advanced in recent decades.