Pomology Notes

  • Upcoming UCCE Orchard Events
  • Fall/Winter Prune Orchard Tasks
  • 2025 Season Retrospective
  • New UC Davis Prune Varieties Prove Promising 2025
  • Advancing Prune Bloom: What we know so far

The Fall 2025 issue of Sacramento Valley Almond News is here — packed with timely information to help you prepare your orchards for a successful 2026 season.

🌿 In This Issue

  • Almond Orchard Management Considerations: Fall, 2025
  • Post-Harvest Ground Squirrel Management
  • Oak Root Fungus: Rootstock Considerations in 2025-2026
  • Red Leaf Blotch Finds it’s way to the Sacramento Valley (2025)
  • Fall Zinc and Boron Review, 2025
  • Upcoming Meetings

📅 Save the Dates

Don’t miss upcoming grower meetings and conferences:

  • Nov 20: Groundwater Management & IPM Review – Yuba City
  • Nov 20: 3rd Thursday: Sacramento Valley Tree Crop IPM Review
  • Feb 26, 2026: North Sac Valley Prune Day
  • Mar 4, 2026: Sutter-Yuba Walnut Day

👉 Read the full newsletter and access orchard resources at:
🔗 sacvalleyorchards.com

 

📢 The Summer 2025 Almond Newsletter is Here! 🌳🌞

Stay informed and ready for harvest with expert guidance on:
🔹 Almond Orchard Management: July–September
🔹 2025 Hull Split Strategies
🔹 Harvest Timing & Best Practices
🔹 Why 2.4% is the Magic Number for July Leaf Nitrogen

🌳 Almond Growers – April to June Management Tips! 🌼
 

Stay ahead this season with key orchard updates and events:

🛠️ True Bug Pest Management – Best practices to protect your trees
🌸 Almond Variety Trials – Field meetings & bloom insights
🐿️ Rodent Control – Gophers, ground squirrels & voles... oh my!
📅 Nickels Annual Field Day – Join us for the latest in orchard research!

Pomology Notes

Newsletter and meeting announcements published by Franz Niederholzer, farm advisor for almonds, prunes, pears, apples, cherries, olives, plums and pomegranates.
Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

Spring Almond and Walnut Nutrient and Water Management Field Day

March 6, 2018
Tuesday, March 13th from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm Participate in talks and rotating sessions on best water and nutrient management practices. Please note, Dr. Jarvis-Shean's talk title is "Nitrogen management BMP's in walnut" NOT "Nitrogen management plans.
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

Market Facilitation Program Workshop - November 2018

October 30, 2018
Market Facilitation Program Workshops November 7 | November 8 | November 9 You are invited to attend a Market Facilitation Program workshop hosted by the Almond Alliance and Almond Board of California to learn how to apply for this funding.
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

Post - Harvest Almond & Walnut IPM Workshop CANCELLED

November 13, 2018
Event Cancellation: The UCCE 3rd Annual Post-Harvest Almond & Walnut IPM Workshop scheduled for November 16, 2018 at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Chico has been cancelled. Thank you for your understanding.
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

Sac Valley Almond News - October 2018

October 12, 2018
2018/2019 UCCE Fall & Winter Almond Meetings Post-harvest Nutrition Review Post-Harvest Orchard Management Considerations Cover Crops in Almonds: Research Update Cover Crop Survey SoilWeb Workaround Keep an Eye out for Potential Brown Marmorated Sting Bug Damage Annual Post-Harvest Almond and Walnut...
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

Sutter-Yuba Winter Almond Meeting - Agenda, January 2019

January 2, 2019
Sutter-Yuba Winter Almond Meeting Tuesday, January 8, 2019 | 8:45 am - 11:00 am Sutter County Ag Building, 142 Garden Hwy, Yuba City This meeting is intended as a short meeting to deliver timely information and gauge interest in future winter almond meetings in the Yuba City area.
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Cooperative Extension, Sutter-Yuba Counties: Article

UCCE Prune Field Meeting!

May 2, 2018
Prune Field Meeting Friday, May 4, 9am - 10am R&J Driers, 2200 Encinal Rd (west of LoMo Crossing)...
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