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Ryan Jacobsen is CEO of the Fresno County Farm Bureau. He comments on the snowpack and the atmospheric rivers that created the heavy snow.

Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith gave updates regarding two Easter Sunday shootings that killed seven people, including a child and two teenagers.

Josette Lewis, the Almond Board of Californias chief scientific officer, speaks about the relationship between bees and almonds.

Matthew Efird is VP of Double E Farms---his family operation and president of Efird Ag Enterprises a commercial farm management and custom harvesting company. He is a fifth-generation family farmer on the same Fresno county ground producing almonds walnuts and pistachios, as well as other crops. He noted that growers should get a credit for investing in groundwater recharge projects.

Matthew Efird is a fifth-generation family farmer on the same Fresno County ground producing almonds walnuts and pistachios. He noted that many growers are getting irrigation water early to recharge ground water aquifers.

Mel Machado is Vice President of Member Relations with Blue Diamond Growers and he describes the value-added product line which pays more.

Matthew Efird is a fifth-generation family farmer on the same Fresno County ground producing almonds walnuts and pistachios. He noted that many growers are getting irrigation water early to recharge ground water aquifers.

Katherine Jarvis-Shean is a UCANR Farm Advisor based in Yolo county with additional coverage in Solano and Sacramento Counties She comments on possible Navel Orangeworm pressure this season due to a lack of orchard sanitation because of rain-soaked orchard floors.

Mel Machado is Vice President of Member Relations with Blue Diamond Growers and he describes the value-added product line which pays more.

Brian Ezell is VP of the Almond Division of the Wonderful Company. He noted that Wonderful is not growing many self-fertile almonds yet. They are sticking to NonPareil and Monterey varieties.