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Photos: California walnut industry grows by leaps, bounds

Cary Blake 1, Editor

March 3, 2014

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  • California walnut field prices last year (2012-2013 crop year) reached a record $1.52 per inshell pound. Prices for the 2013-2014 crop year are expected to substanially shift higher.

  • Unlocking the walnut genome in the next several years is expected to accelerate plant breeding and bring improved varieties to the market much faster. 
     


 

About the Author

Cary Blake 1

Cary Blake 1

Editor, Western Farm Press

Cary Blake, associate editor with Western Farm Press, has 32 years experience as an agricultural journalist. Blake covered Midwest agriculture for 25 years on a statewide farm radio network and through television stories that blanketed the nation.
 
Blake traveled West in 2003. Today he reports on production agriculture in California and Arizona.
 
Blake is a native Mississippian, graduate of Mississippi State University, and a former Christmas tree grower.

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