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Ridgecrest Daily Independent
April 25, 2018
But I noticed that the analyst's white paper didn't mention any of the darned local pistachio trees when he angled for his contrived 'soft landing' which would effectively allow us pistachio farmers to continue pumping pretty much as usual for the next 40 years. See, the nifty secret he'll probably never mentionÃâà...
Arizona Public Media
April 24, 2018
Keeling said because he's in a remote and high part of the basin, he hasn't been too affected yet by the decline in groundwater levels. But other farmers have seen their wells drop. Alan Robbs is a second-generation pistachio farmer in Willcox. He said his wells have dropped about 25 feet since he joinedÃâà...
Arizona Public Media
April 24, 2018
Keeling said because he's in a remote and high part of the basin, he hasn't been too affected yet by the decline in groundwater levels. But other farmers have seen their wells drop. Alan Robbs is a second-generation pistachio farmer in Willcox. He said his wells have dropped about 25 feet since he joinedÃâà...
Fiji Sun Online
April 21, 2018
We are the largest citrus farmer in the world, pistachio farmer in the world, almond farmer in the world and all together we are the largest farmer in the world. We own about 150,000 acres for producing and then we own about 40,000 acres of land we don't have crop on but mostly because we are limited byÃâà...
89.3 KPCC
April 13, 2018
... a Washington-based non-profit think tank; he tweets @robmaxim. John Aguirre, president of the California Association of Winegrape Growers. Richard Matoian, executive director of the American Pistachio Growers, the trade group representing pistachio farmers in California, Arizona and New MexicoÃâà...
Ridgecrest Daily Independent
April 11, 2018
Pistachio farmer and PAC member Pat Quist spoke after public comment. She brought up the point that IWVGA may want to consider the unique, seasonal cashflow situation many farmers find themselves in so that they can help pay the fee without going bankrupt. She noted that sometimes they don't seeÃâà...
Capital Public Radio News
March 27, 2018
Richard Matoian heads the American Pistachio Growers, the trade group representing pistachio farmers in California, Arizona and New Mexico. He cautions that it's not yet clear if China will hit back with tariffs on U.S. ag exports. But even the prospect raises eyebrows among California's pistachio growers.
FOX 11 Los Angeles
March 9, 2018
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New Times SLO
February 22, 2018
Blythe sold her first pistachio piece to a local pistachio farmer, funnily enough, though her own supply of pistachio shells typically comes from OSH via her son-in-law. However, they're not the nut she holds most dear when it comes time for a snack. That honor goes to roasted almonds. "They just taste betterÃâà...
Western Farm Press
July 31, 2017
Growth in production and a positive outcome in front of the Federal Trade Commission at recent anti-dumping hearings could bode well for the near-term for American pistachio farmers. The five-year extension of the U.S. anti-dumping tariff on imports of raw, in-shell pistachios from Iran is big news for theÃâà...
Western Farm Press
March 27, 2017
Speaking to pistachio farmers at the recent American Pistachio Growers annual meeting in Palm Desert, Calif., Haviland pointed to the pest's association with Aspergillus fungi and aflatoxin contamination which make eliminating the pest even more critical, particularly as production increases. “Over the lastÃâà...
Western Farm Press
February 13, 2017
By the early 1980s, Jimi had met Corky Anderson, a Central Valley pistachio farmer, who told the Jimi he could make more money with 40 acres of pistachios than he could with 400 acres of cotton. Jimi's father wasn't a fan of permanent crops at the time, and Jimi, ever looking for an opportunity, waited untilÃâà...
Munchies_ Food by VICE
February 23, 2016
Pistachio farmers in the US are worried about their business now that they face competition from a country where pistachios have been grown since—well, for a very, very long time. SHARE Ãâ÷ TWEET Ãâ÷ Alex Swerdloff ... Last year was miserable for the American pistachio farmer. The weather sucked, with highÃâà...
NPR
September 11, 2015
Gurreet Brar, a nut crop specialist with the University of California Cooperative Extension program, says there may be ways to help pistachio farmers deal with warmer winters. Brar's research is geared toward understanding how pistachios react when chilling requirements are not met. The hope is to betterÃâà...
Business Insider
May 6, 2015
If the US drops its sanctions against Iran, global markets will be flooded with more than just oil. The country's second-largest export is pistachios. That could be bad for American farmers. According to Bloomberg: The biggest losers may be Californian farmers who have doubled pistachio acreage over theÃâà...
Visalia Times-Delta
August 22, 2014
Who would have thought that comedian Stephen Colbert cracking his head open to reveal a green nut inside in a February Super Bowl commercial would have made Valley pistachio farmers so happy? Colbert's wildly popular commercial, along with a series of other commercials for Wonderful PistachiosÃâà...