California almond groves

[Tim Aure]

While out in the valley in Visalia, California
We passed lots of almond and pistachio orchards. They get 2 plantings of corn. A lot of packages get shipped out here for pollination in our winter. They build up and are shook into 2, 3 & 4lb packages. It was around 100 Degrees😱
I'm a Sconnie! I like our 4 seasons and would take our Winters over their summers. Without water which is metered in town, it would be a desert!
San Francisco was pretty cool though🤔

[capitalb...@tds.net]

At the WI/Mn meeting there was a bee broker who spoke about almond pollination...one of his comments was that the almond producers have had a good run with almonds and almond prices. Some are now diversifying by putting in pistachios to hedge against a possible downturn in almond prices in the future....

Rich

[Bonita Kuenzi]

Thanks for the picture.  Why do they get plantings of corn?  Just curious.

Boni

On Monday, July 25, 2016 at 7:11:46 PM UTC-5, timothy.aure wrote:

[Tim Aure]

Nothing to do with the bees. It's just that they don't have a winter and can plant and harvest corn twice in one year. Being from Wisconsin, that surprised me🤔

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