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California Pear

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The pear crop in the Sacramento area is in full bloom this week. The bloom looks average on the Bartlett’s with other varieties looking somewhat heavy in spots. The one occurrence that is a little puzzling is the fact that the Bartlett bloom came out at the same time as the leaves pushed out this […]

California Strawberry 3-12-2015

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Fresh market volume of strawberry in the U.S. is running ahead of last season from Florida, but California and Mexico are nearly the same, according to USDA data listed on the National Berry Report. The first two days of this week saw shipping volumes greater than 1.5 million trays per day for all areas.  California […]

California Stone Fruit Update

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Cling peaches in California have past the statewide full bloom date. The official full bloom date was called as March 7. This is a couple of days earlier than last year. The bloom looked full, and weather was very good during most of the period, but some varieties appear to have had a little more […]

Mild Winter in the Pacific Northwest

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We’ve been having a very mild weather here in the Pacific Northwest. The table below represents degree-day numbers for the last 3 years using 41 degrees as the base low temperature. These numbers are used to calculate the number of heat units per day, and compare them to years past. This is very useful in […]

California Strawberry Production and Value 

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California strawberry producers had slightly better production overall in 2014 than in 2013 on less acreage according to the Processing Strawberry Advisory Board’s annual report. The farm value of the product was also substantially higher in 2014 than in 2013. The acreage reduction in 2015 is twice as great as it was in 2014, and […]