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By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

It seems like quite a long time ago that I was sharing the...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

Everyone is breathing a big sigh of relief since our 2020...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

We’ve been talking for quite a bit about the importance of...

By Mike Dimock, Ph.D./ Vice President, Field Development/ Certis USA, L.L.C. 

Bt: The first commercial bioinsecticide

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By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

Every time I have the honor of being your “expert” in this...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

I’m certain that I wasn’t the only kid among us who had to...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

For some, harvest may look like the end of the growing...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

When it is time to harvest a huge crop like we have this...

By Wendy L. Zellner, Ph. D., The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH

Silicon plays a critical role in plant health. Plants...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

For the better part of a year, I’ve been anxiously awaiting...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

We are right in the middle of hull-split applications right now, with everyone...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

With an initial forecast of 3.0 billion pounds, California...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

Here in sunny California, we are a few weeks away from a...

By Certis USA Field Development Team

During these challenging times, we extend our thanks to all of the agricultural...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

If you had the opportunity to read last week’s Ask the...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

In the world of agriculture, don’t we sometimes feel as...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

With everything going on in the world around us, it would...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

What a time we are living in these days? In many of our...

By Jeremy Adamson, Product Manager, Certis USA

The Emerging Market

A new Federal Farm Bill legislation comes along every five...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

There may be a lot of things going on around us these days,...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

Bloom has really roared in like a lion this year. Everyone...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

Ideal conditions for bacterial blast to grow include cold...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

We’re always excited to bring new solutions into the market...

By Jeremy Adamson, Product Manager, Certis USA

Bacteriophages, or “phages”, are the most numerous beneficial viral organisms...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

Those who subscribe to this column have heard me reiterate...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

Here’s to hoping that Santa and his reindeer deliver you...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

The UC-IPM classifies dormancy as the stage when leaf fall...

By Mike Allan, Vice President, North America, Certis USA

Organics and biopesticides…A Rising Tide

Consumers are more educated...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

November is always a reflective time for everyone....

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

My friends, you all know the value that the World Wide Web...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

I’ve been taking this “Ask the Expert” task to heart a lot...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

What stress it is to author a column every two weeks that’s...

By Scott Ockey, Western US Field Development Manger, Certis USA

Herbicides have been under increased scrutiny with many of the...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

Our trees may be approaching their dormant stage, but tree...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

There are exactly two times in the almond growing season...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

Harvest is here for most all of our California almond growers. Pistachio folks will...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

We are thick in the middle of hull-split sprays here in California as almond growers...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

In my line of work, I deal with a lot of pests. 

Every day, I see aphids and mites...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

A little like our Founding Fathers, who faced their own “taxing” issues back in...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

In the nut business, staying ahead is the name of the game. If you are in ag, then...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

We are in the final stretches of our 2019 crop season and I am hearing cautious...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

Pavement ants are a mere 0.13 inches long and their cousin, the southern fire ant...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

The good thing about many of the pests that affect your crops is that they don’t...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

The earwigs this year are as plentiful as ever. A few days ago, an acquaintance sent...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

Spring is in full swing and so are the pests that come with it. Peach twig borer,...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

It is the second day of a new season and the weather is warming up quickly. This...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

This is the wettest winter we’ve had in recent memory. This means that disease...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

The time for peach twig borer (PTB) is almost here and scouting is in order. PTB...

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

Spring is just six weeks away and with it comes typical seasonal disease pressures....

By John Wood, Certis USA Regional Manager

I hope your holidays were enjoyable and that 2019 has started off well. As spring...