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Vicky Boyd
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Managing Editor, Cotton Farming
Modesto
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Biography
I have more than three decades of down-in-the-dirt experience covering the nation's agriculture and related environmental topics from Florida, Texas, Colorado, California and parts in between. I have been recognized for those efforts six times by winning the Fresno County (California) Farm Bureau journalism contest's best trade publication article. Having cut my teeth on daily newspapers, I'm a stickler for deadlines and am a guru of AP Style.
wildlife environment water forestryagriculture
weddings, funerals, garden parties
Content
By Vicky Boyd Verified| West Coast Nut Magazine Verified A handful of growers and industry members have launched the Walnut Alliance of California, a nonprofit organization they hope will improve the marketing environment for their crop. “We would like to see the industry be sustainable and walnut growers be profitable,” said Rio Oso walnut grower Donald Norene, who chairs the alliance.
No Pollinizers Needed: Self-Fertile Nonpareil Almond Varieties Could Be Game-Changers for the Industry
By Vicky Boyd Verified| West Coast Nut Magazine Verified Two nurseries plan to begin marketing what some in the industry consider the Holy Grail of almond trees, self-fertile Nonpareils that don’t require pollinizers, within the next few years. In making the separate announcements, Burchell Nursery and Sierra Gold Nursery said the new varieties are the results of individual collaborations with genetic research firms that involve gene editing. Oakdale-based Burchell Nursery Inc.
By Vicky Boyd Verified| West Coast Nut Magazine Verified After a seven-year effort, University of California researchers have found what they believe is a viable trap and pheromone lure combination to monitor leaffooted bugs (LFB) in tree nuts and pomegranates. Canby, Ore.-based Alpha Scents Inc. has commercialized the pheromone and markets its Lepzon lure along with a recommended yellow panel trap treated with Teflon coating.
Company Info
Cotton Farming
Modesto, United States