The MyAgLife Podcast

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Greg Palumbo, director of agriculture at Rain Bird, to discuss precision irrigation for agriculture and things growers should consider for their irrigation systems.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Western Agricultural Processors Association's Roger Isom at this year's WAPA Annual Conference to review the last year of regulations and legislation affecting the processing industry and what is on the horizon.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Cliff Beumel, president of Agromillora California Nursery, to discuss opportunities and challenges in using the latest tree nut industry breeding technology.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Vern Johnson, CCA/PCA and president of Arizona Ag Solutions, to discuss balanced vineyard soil health and a few key items to look at on your vineyard soil report.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Cultiva’s Brian Tipton to discuss plant cuticle care and its role in mitigating agriculture’s environmental challenges.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Nitin Nitin, professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology and the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at UC Davis, to discuss new research looking at food-grade bio-based coatings for reducing cross-contamination of pathogens in produce.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Daniele Zaccaria, UCCE agricultural water management specialist, to discuss new research into benefits and efficacy of winter cover crops in pistachio.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Brad Higbee, research entomologist and field R&D manager at Trece Inc., to discuss field studies related to mummy sanitation practices in pistachio and their effect on navel orangeworm damage and egg trap counts.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down Amrith Gunasekara, California Bountiful Foundation's new research director, to discuss his new position and what it means for furthering agricultural and environmental research in the state.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Gabriele Ludwig, Almond Board of California’s director of sustainability and environmental affairs, to discuss increasing inconsistency of rules governing acceptable Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) for pesticide residues.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Dr. Karl Wyant, vice president of ag science at Heliae Ag, to discuss maximizing soil quality by maximizing soil health.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Mike Kelley, president and CEO of Central California Almond Growers Association, to discuss drivers for higher almond hull prices and how processors and growers can capitalize.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Shannah Whithaus, senior editor for pesticide safety education with UC ANR, and Lisa Blecker, pesticide safety educator at Colorado State University, to discuss the newly expanded and updated Pesticide Safety Manual for Private Applicators.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Amber Vinchesi-Vahl, UCCE vegetable crops advisor for Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties, to discuss control of in-row weeds for processing tomatoes using automated and mechanical cultivators.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Matt Comrey, Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness technical nutrition agronomist, to discuss soil mapping for fine-tuned nutrient management and the value that variable rate application methods can have.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Jhalendra Rijal, UCCE area IPM advisor for Stanislaus County, to discuss springtime and even late-season monitoring for and management of hemipteran ‘true bug’ pests in almond and pistachio.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Almond Alliance President and CEO Aubrey Bettencourt to discuss new port updates and projects as well as the Alliance's efforts.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Emily Symmes, senior manager of technical field services for Suterra, to discuss the growing problem of scale pests in walnut and possible treatment options.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Brent Holtz, UCCE county director and farm advisor for San Joaquin County, to discuss the origins of whole orchard recycling and how an idea turned into a best management practice.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Louise Ferguson, extension specialist in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, and Andy Lyons, Informatics and GIS Statewide Program with UC ANR and UC Berkeley, to discuss a new web-based tool for predicting pistachio growth and how the industry has evolved to require a tool like this.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross and Undersecretary Christine Birdsong to discuss port congestion and what is being done to counter current issues.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Brad Higbee, Field R&D Manager with Trece, Inc., to discuss the 2008-12 areawide IPM project for navel orangeworm and development of mating disruption for NOW.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Karl Wyant, Vice President of Ag Science at Heliae Agriculture and chair of Western Region CCA, to discuss the role of soil microbes in drought management.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down for this 100th-episode special of the MyAgLife podcast with JCS Marketing Publisher and CEO Jason Scott to discuss the evolution of the MyAgLife digital platform and what’s in store for the future.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with UCCE Orchard Systems Advisor Luke Milliron to discuss the benefits of delayed irrigation and what current research shows in both walnuts and almonds.