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Kevin Caffrey is a Technical Service Rep for BASF. He said protecting bloom is protecting the crop all season long.

Yuriana Medina-Fernandez is in the Innovate to Grow School of Engineering at UC Merced. And they are very close to solving the dry needs of almonds once delivered to the huller.

Anthony Duttle is the owner of Rush and Duttle Consulting in Salinas. He noted that it is critical when using crop protection materials to be certain that you know whats in that container.

Vivian Wauters is a UC Davis Post Doctoral Fellow in the Participatory development of best management practices for Almond cover crop systems. She explains the value of overcrops.

Clarice Turner is President and CEO of the Almond Board of California. She comments on the health benefits of eating a handful of almonds every day.

Jennifer Olmstead is the Senior Director of US Marketing and Communications with the California Walnut Board and Commission. She comments on the incredible health benefits that walnuts deliver.

Aubrey Bettencourt is President and CEO of the Almond Alliance. She comments on the importance of Legislators in almond-growing districts. The grower and the legislator should engage.

Don Cameron is with Terra Nova Ranch in Fresno County. He comments on stressors in the walnut industry as well as the carryover in the almond industry, that is hurting prices.

Emily Fleischmann is Vice President of Global Marketing for the Almond Board of California. She said almonds continue to expand into other products.

Don Cameron is with Terra Nova Ranch in Fresno County. He comments on stressors in the walnut industry as well as the carryover in the almond industry, that is hurting prices.