Page 17 - Patrick Cavanaugh News Today

Michael Franz owns Franz wholesale ornamental nursery with his brother in the Stanislaus County town of Hickman. He comments on the similarity between him and the general public!

Cameron Zuber is a UC Cooperative Extension Orchard Crops Farm Advisor in Merced County. He comments on the late almond crop.

Vivian Wauters is a Postdoctoral Researcher at UC Davis and the lead author Cover Crop Best Management Practices in almonds. She comments on cover crops might bloom with almond bloom for a more varied diet.

Jimi Valov heads up Valov and Sons and Daughters. He farms pistachios and almonds, and he and other farmers worked hard to recharge their groundwater under their farms this past winter.

Vivian Wauters is a Postdoctoral Researcher at UC Davis and the lead author Cover Crop Best Management Practices in almonds. She comments on how bees do not seem distracted for cover crops.

Vivian Wauters is a Postdoctoral Researcher at UC Davis and the lead author Cover Crop Best Management Practices in almonds. She comments on cover crops might bloom with almond bloom for a more varied diet.

Robert Verloop is the Executive Director and CEO of the California Walnut Board and Commission. He noted that the industry must find a way to prevent rancidity.

Cameron Zuber Orchard Crops Farm Advisor with UC Cooperative Extension in Merced County. He comments on what almond and walnut growers are doing now in his area.

Daniel Sumner is a distinguished professor Agricultural and Resource Economics department at UC Davis. He comments on the fact that almonds are heavily used in non-dairy markets, with walnuts growing in the category.

Jim Sitton is a Grower Relations Manager for Sierra Valley Almonds, an almond handler in Madera Calif. He comments about the company and about his ag career.