Ketchum
225 N Michigan Ave 7th floor
Chicago, IL 60601
(505) 337-9339
CAWalnuts@ketchum.com
EvansHardy+Young, Inc.
829 De La Vina, Suite 100
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 963-5841 x218
tbrumfield@ehy.com
EvansHardy+Young, Inc.
829 De La Vina, Suite 100
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
(805) 963-5841 x209
mmartens@ehy.com
Keith Seiz
(773) 213 - 2564
keith@brightlycreative.com
Retail Promotions California Walnuts continues to face tough competition due to retaliatory tariffs. To maintain shelf space and drive consumers to purchase California walnuts, the CWC has conducted in-store, online and retail display campaigns where California walnuts are sold. Tie-In Promotions and Tastings at Almaya Stores in UAE In January,…
Earlier this year, the industry adopted a new strategic plan following a nearly yearlong effort to plan for future production and the needs to support it. A strategic planning committee of industry members convened to develop a road map, assessing where we are, where we want to be, and how…
Walnut production research goes back over five decades. Each year, the California Walnut Board’s Production Research Committee recommends projects for funding based on industry’s short and long term needs. This year, the CWB members approved a total of 23 projects totaling $1.69 M for the 2019-2020 crop year. Production research…
Andreas Westphal, Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside, Parlier, CA Walnut production is most productive on deep-rooting uniform soils with good water-holding capacity. Such soils are also conducive to infestations of plant-parasitic nematodes. Currently, the key pest of concern in walnut plantings is root lesion nematode (Pratylenchus vulnus). In…
Themis Michailides In the last decade or so, walnut growers started experiencing yield reductions at a time when they expected increasing yields in orchards reaching full production. A close examination of the trees in a number of orchards revealed a plethora of dead spurs and shoots on the trees beyond…