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2025 Almond Crop Forecast Jumps 10% — Here’s What We’re Watching
USDA's Objective Measurement Report Offers a Bullish Outlook, but There’s More to the Story The USDA dropped its 2025 California Almond...

by AGC News
Jul 102 min read


3 Smart Management Practices to Optimize Almond Harvest in 2025
Written By Chris Morgner from Agri-Valley Consulting Here’s a breakdown of three essential strategies to manage your orchard for harvest...

Chris Morgner
Jul 82 min read


Phomopsis and its Phytotoxin Development in the 2025 Season
Figure 1 Phomopsis has damaged almond varieties early in the 2025 season. Whether a carryover from previous season that is stored in the...

by Elia Akel
May 11 min read


Almond Comeback? Terra Nova's Outlook for the 2025 California Crop
Terra Nova Trading released its almond crop projection last year, estimating California’s 2024 almond production at a surprising 2.80...

by Kylie Dow
Apr 182 min read


Blue Diamond Growers Launches Year Two of USDA Climate Smart Grant
The grant provides farmers funding to implement climate-smart practices on-farm including planting cover crops, conservation cover and...

by Sara VanderPoel
May 15, 20242 min read


6 California Companies Awarded From the USDA's Section 32 Purchase of Almonds
Below is the purchase summary from each offer received for the Section 32 Purchase of Almonds...

by Sara VanderPoel
Feb 21, 20241 min read


California Almond Acreage Declines for Second Consecutive Year
California’s total almond acreage dropped again in 2023, this time by about 74,000 acres, making two years in a row that acreage has decr...

by Sara VanderPoel
Dec 4, 20232 min read


USDA Purchases Over $78 Million Worth of Almonds for Food Assistance Programs
The Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an award solicitation for Section 32 of almonds. The award is for over $78 million dollars...

by Sara VanderPoel
Jul 12, 20231 min read


India to Remove Retaliatory Tariffs on Eight U.S. Products
According to U.S. government officials, India has reportedly decided to remove retaliatory tariffs on eight U.S. products, and of the eig...

by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 28, 20232 min read
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