Spring Pistachio Assessment
By Derek Toschi, CCA, CAIS With a cooler spring and wet winter, the 2023 California pistachio crop faces different challenges than previous years. The cooler weather has delayed the crop in many parts of the state and the March rain kept soil saturated longer into the season and lowered early season irrigation requirements. Irrigation timing […]
March Almond Assessment
By Derek Toschi, CCA, CAIS The wet weather has continued into the 2023 spring in much of California which has presented new challenges we haven’t faced in recent years. Most of my almond irrigation consulting is done along SR 99 between Mettler and Kingsburg. Right now, I am seeing region differences in water uptake and […]
Hortau recevra un investissement de 6,8 millions de dollars de Technologie du Développement Durable Canada (TDDC)
Hortau est fière d’annoncer un investissement de 6,8 millions de dollars de Technologie du développement durable Canada (TDDC) pour poursuivre le développement de sa plateforme novatrice d’agriculture de précision. Depuis 2002, le système breveté de gestion de l’irrigation d’Hortau aide les producteurs à garder leurs plants en bonne santé et à utiliser leurs intrants plus […]
Hortau to Receive Investment of $6.8 Million from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC)
Hortau is proud to announce an investment of $6.8 million from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) to further development of its innovative precision agriculture platform. Since 2002, Hortau’s patented irrigation management system has been helping growers keep their plants healthy and use their inputs more efficiently. By tracking soil tension, a direct measurement of precisely how […]
January Pistachio Assessment
By Travis Goldman, CCA, CAIS One thing that we have lacked over the past two years is winter rains to help reset our soils. 2021 and 2022 irrigation management was quite tough because what problems we ended with the previous year lingered in our rootzone. In 2022 we faced both dry and salty soil conditions […]
January Almond Assessment
By Travis Goldman, CCA, CAIS The 2022/2023 winter has been a significant change of pace for all of us in California. Just last year I was writing rehydration irrigation recommendations and schedules for the month of January to combat dry soil profiles to prevent stress before vascular rehydration. This January I am faced with a […]
