The MyAgLife Podcast

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with CalCom Energy's John Volker and Jeff Lounsberry to discuss major changes to the Net Metering Aggregation program, or NEMA, and what these changes mean for the farming community.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Jason Scott, CEO of JCS Marketing Inc., and Roger Isom, president/CEO of Western Agricultural Processors Association, to discuss the importance of agriculture getting involved in politics and the upcoming My Ag Nite social/political event for the industry. Register for My Ag Nite at https://myaglife.com/product/my-ag-nite/.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Roger Isom, president/CEO of Western Agricultural Processors Association, to discuss regulatory updates for California growers and processors in the realm of sustainable pest management and Endangered Species Act guidelines.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Jason Haegele, North American agronomy lead with ICL Growing Solutions, to discuss the rising demand of water-soluble fertilizers and selecting the right product in a sea of options.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Rachelle Antinetti, founder of Antinetti Consulting, to discuss developing the next generation of the ag workforce and a multi-year grant helping ag employers and community colleges create internship and apprenticeship opportunities.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Franz Niederholzer, UCCE farm advisor in Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties, to discuss almond management considerations for October, including nutrient sprays, soil analyses, cover crops and more.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Nutrien’s Director of Agronomy Dr. Karl Wyant to discuss the concept of outsmarting your fertilizer competition for improving nutrient uptake of crops.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Tim Bucher, CEO and co-founder of Agtonomy, to discuss new pathways to farm autonomy and bringing scale and autonomy to ag robotics.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Mike Ming, agricultural appraiser and broker out of Kern County and owner of Alliance Ag Services, to discuss changing property trends and what’s driving tree nut land values.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Dr. Karl Wyant, Western Region Certified Crop Advisers Association chair, and Jason Scott, publisher of Progressive Crop Consultant, to discuss the upcoming Crop Consultant Conference on September 27th and 28th in Visalia and what consultants can expect from this event.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Elif Ceylan, strategic advisor with the VINE Validation of Innovation Program and co-founder of Opengate Partners, to discuss supporting innovation in the agriculture technology sector and finding climate-resilient solutions for California food systems.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Louise Ferguson, UC Davis pomology specialist, to discuss salinity management in drip irrigated pistachio and potentially reducing dormant-season leaching.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Tian Tian, UCCE viticulture farm advisor in Kern County, to discuss tips for managing vineyard nutrition including understanding vine nutrient status and determining nutrient needs.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Franz Niederholzer, UCCE orchard advisor for Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties, to discuss almond management recommendations for August and how the crop is fairing.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with JW Lemons, CCA, certified professional agronomist and account manager with Verdesian Life Sciences, to discuss using plant nutrition and biostimulant products to continue production in citrus trees infested with huanglongbing.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Dr. Ellen Bruno, assistant cooperative extension specialist in the Dept. of Agricultural and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley, to discuss the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, or SGMA, in 2023 and how to best support its implementation moving forward.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Teleos' Brian Hegland to discuss implications of California Department of Pesticide Regulation's proposed restrictions on Telone/1,3-D set to come into effect January 2024.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Brittney Goodrich, assistant professor of cooperative extension in UC Davis’ Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, to discuss the economics for navel orangeworm management in almond orchards taking costs and returns into consideration.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Dr. Karl Wyant, Western Region Certified Crop Advisers Association chair, and Jason Scott, publisher of Progressive Crop Consultant, to discuss the upcoming Crop Consultant Conference on September 27th and 28th in Visalia and what consultants can expect from this event. Register today at Conference | Progressive Crop Consultant

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Steven Soares of HotSpot Ag to discuss simplifying irrigation management and other management tasks through automation and real-time data.

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 with Ali Cox, agriculture and food ingredient marketing specialist and Noble West founder, to discuss the importance of food and agriculture brands telling their stories.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Franz Niederholzer, UCCE Orchard Advisor for Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties, to discuss pest and water considerations for almonds in the month of June, taking into account this year's wet winter and spring flooding.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Sarah Standiford, senior environmental scientist with California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Produce Safety Program, to discuss produce safety inspections and what growers should expect.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Western Agricultural Processors Association’s Roger Isom, Priscilla Rodriguez and Chris McGlothlin to discuss ag regulatory updates in the month of May.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Cameron Zuber, UCCE orchard crops farm advisor in Madera and Merced counties, to discuss identifying and mitigating replant challenges in almond orchards and preparing new orchards for issues they may face.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Sudan Gyawaly, UCCE area IPM advisor for Butte, Colusa, Yuba-Sutter, Glenn and Tehama counties, to discuss choosing pesticide sprays to prioritize when you can’t afford them all.

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 Aztec Solar's Kevin Logue to discuss solar’s viability in agricultural settings and contributions to both resilience and sustainability.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Daniele Zaccaria, UC Davis agricultural water management specialist, to discuss irrigation scheduling methods and tools for winegrape vineyards.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Roger Isom, president/CEO of Western Agricultural Processors Association, to discuss key tree nut regulatory updates spanning from pesticides, to machinery, to Cal/OSHA standards.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Franz Niederholzer, orchard systems advisor for Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties, to discuss important considerations for your almond orchard in the month of April and changes to consider given increased precipitation.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Russell Taylor, vice president of Live Earth Products, Inc., and David Beaudreau, director of the Fertilizer Institute’s Biostimulant Council, to discuss biostimulant trends and usage as well as the recently reintroduced Plant Biostimulant Act and what this legislation could mean for the ag industry.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Matt Comrey, technical nutrition agronomist and sales manager with Wilbur-Ellis Agribusiness, to discuss understanding and leveraging the nitrogen cycle for informed almond fertility decision-making.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Axiom Ag's Jeff Merritt at the 2023 Citrus Showcase to discuss optimal nutrition at different fruit growth stages and strategies for upgrading the modern nutrition program.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Kirsten Pearsons, UCCE IPM advisor, and Yu-Chen Wang, UCCE plant pathology advisor, to discuss new perspectives on combatting the lettuce industry's most prevalent diseases, such as impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV) and pythium wilt.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Certified Crop Advisor and Soil Specialist Rich Kreps to discuss fertilizing your orchard now that the rain California finally needs is here. Additional information on this topic can be found in Rich's article in the February 2023 edition of West Coast Nut.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Doreet Avni, Ph.D., head of bio-research at BeeHero, to discuss Pollinator Research Stations which provide public data to growers and beekeepers regarding pollinator activity during bloom.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Franz Niederholzer, orchard systems advisor for Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties, to discuss important considerations for your almond orchard in the month of February.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Jesse Roseman, Almond Board of California principal analyst, to discuss connecting neighboring growers and PCAs interested in or currently using mating disruption to combat navel orangeworm. Almond Board's online tool for connecting orchards using mating disruption can be found at agneighbors.com. The passcode for access is nowmd.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Dr. Karl Wyant, director of agronomy at Nutrien, to discuss the agronomy of water. In the January/February 2023 edition of Progressive Crop Consultant magazine, Karl provided an in-depth look on the importance of water quality to nitrogen management plans, fertilizer performance, salinity issues and other areas of farm management.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Paul Schreiner, research plant physiologist with USDA-ARS, to discuss what we know and don’t know regarding foliar fertilization in the vineyard.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Brittney Goodrich, assistant UCCE specialist with the UC Davis Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, to discuss the economic outlook for the 2023 almond pollination season as well as other considerations.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Steven Springhorn, Department of Water Resources' SGMA technical assistance manager, and Tara Moran, president/CEO of California Water Data Consortium, to discuss a new platform designed to help groundwater agencies address SGMA requirements in ways that are mutually beneficial for both agencies and growers. Helpful links: DWR’s statewide groundwater management webpage https://water.ca.gov/programs/groundwater-management To sign up for DWR’s Sustainable Groundwater Management email list: [email protected] California Water Data Consortium project webpage: https://cawaterdata.org/projects/groundwater-accounting-data-reporting-pilot-project/ Environmental Defense Fund project webpage: https://waterplatform.edf.org/ DWR News release: California Water Agencies Collaborate on Groundwater Digital Platform to Help Address Dry Wells and Water Supply Shortages Rosedale-Rio Bravo Water Storage District story map - Online interactive guide to accounting platform

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.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Robert Verloop, executive director and CEO of the California Walnut Board and Commission, and Jason Scott, CEO and publisher of JCS Marketing Inc. and West Coast Nut magazine, to discuss about the upcoming 2-day California Walnut Conference on January 5th and 6th. The conference will provide 5 hours of DPR CEUs and 7.5 hours of CCA CEUs. Register at the West Coast Nut site today.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Aubrey Bettencourt, Almond Alliance president and CEO, to discuss new opportunities for almond growers, including a pollinator initiative and the state's LandFlex water program.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Roger Isom, president and CEO of Western Agricultural Processors Association, to discuss ongoing pesticide activism that is once again threatening the California agriculture industry and how WAPA is working to fight the opposition.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with Sierra Gold Nursery's Reid Robinson to discuss the rise in popularity of self-fertile almond varieties and their associated benefits.

Taylor Chalstrom sits down with UCCE Farm Advisor Franz Niederholzer and West Coast Nut Publisher Jason Scott about the Nickels Soil Lab fundraiser and why the research facility is truly vital to the tree nut industry. Donate HERE today.