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By Scott Ockey

The thought of nematodes might send shivers down your spine, just as some send shivers down to the roots of your...

By Certis Biologicals

Nematodes are well known as the grower’s invisible menace. But what are they, really?Meet the microscopic...

Written by: Karla Medina

Soil nematodes are almost invisible, yet highly important when it comes to crop health. There are good...

By The Certis Team

Potato growers are no strangers to sneaky nematodes lurking in the soil, waiting to feed on roots. Many...

By Nick Vandervort, Midwestern Field Development Manager

Protecting crops isn’t easy, especially when pests can develop...

By: Jim Black, Business Director

If there’s a way to keep pests and diseases from challenging your plants from the start, why...

By Amy O’Shea, President and CEO

By The Certis Team

Soil is the foundation of crops, but does it really make a difference for overall crop yield and health?...

By The Certis Team

The United States is the second largest producer of tree nuts worldwide, and the main types of tree nuts...

By The Certis Team

Fire blight can be extremely destructive to apple and pear orchards if left unchecked, and it is a disease...

Effectively protecting crops isn’t easy, especially when the tools that have been available for decades are being lost through...

By Scott Ockey

Identifying diseases in your crops is vital to protecting them as they grow to prevent loss and increase yield....

By The Certis Team

Walnut blight can be detrimental to crop production if the conditions are ideal for the spread of disease....

The concept of sustainability has attained a high profile in agriculture, but the term means different things to different people...

As many growers know and some have unfortunately experienced, fire blight can destroy an entire orchard in a single growing...

By Scott Ockey

As many growers know and some have unfortunately experienced, fire blight can destroy an entire orchard in a...

By Certis Biologicals

Diseases in fruit are inevitable – from weather to environmental issues that arise, grape crops face a...

By Certis Biologicals

Grape crops face a variety of diseases that can appear due to seasonal and environmental changes, and...

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

At Certis Biologicals, our experienced teams, from...

By Taylor Aguilera, Regional Manager Northern California, Certis Biologicals

Right now, I believe that agriculture is facing one...

By Curt Nelson, Regional Manager, CA San Joaquin Valley, Certis Biologicals 

As growers and producers, we know that how we grow...

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

I’ve been in this industry my whole life, having...

By Ask the Expert Team, Certis Biologicals 

As we have done for the past several years during the dormant season, your Certis...

By Taylor Aguilera, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager Northern California

One of the things I love most about permanent tree...

By Curt Nelson, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager, CA San Joaquin Valley

Your orchards have been in full-swing all growing...

By John Wood, Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

As you are finishing up harvest, your trees are going through a unique...

By Taylor Aguilera, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager Northern California

This year’s tree nut growing season has seen enough...

By Curt Nelson, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager, CA San Joaquin Valley

We are in the final stretch of the tree nut growing...

By John Wood, Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

With just a few short weeks until harvest is upon us, taking the time to...

By Taylor Aguilera, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager Northern California

We are quickly heading into harvest, and as we make...

By The Certis Ask the Expert Team

It’s not often that we join together and bring all of your experts together for one column, but...

By Curt Nelson, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager, CA San Joaquin Valley

We are nearing the end of our tree nut growing season...

John Wood, Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

I always like to see acres of young tree plantings as I drive around the San...

Taylor Aguilera, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager Northern California

We all know that consumers are waiting on you to harvest...

Curt Nelson, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager, CA San Joaquin Valley

In my last message to you, I shared a bit about the...

John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

The beginning of each new growing season is full of...

Taylor Aguilera, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager, Northern California

For many reasons, I have a special place in my heart...

Curt Nelson, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager, CA San Joaquin Valley

It may be technically still winter here in California,...

Taylor Aguilera, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager, Northern California

I am excited to join the Certis Biologicals Ask the...

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

What better way to celebrate a new year than by...

By Jeremy Adamson, Product Manager, Certis Biologicals

Copper and Mancozeb are among the most widely used bactericides and...

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

December has rolled around again, and I am happy to...

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

We all know that the work out in California tree nut...

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

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

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

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

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

Bt: The first commercial bioinsecticide

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By John Wood, Certis Biologicals' Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Biologicals Regional Manager, CA South Central Valley

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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

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

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

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

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

By Certis Biologicals Field Development Team

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

By Jeremy Adamson, Product Manager, Certis Biologicals

The Emerging Market

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ideal conditions for bacterial blast to grow include...

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

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

By Jeremy Adamson, Product Manager, Certis Biologicals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Organics and biopesticides…A Rising Tide

Consumers are more...

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

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

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

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

By John Wood, Certis BiologicalsRegional Manager, CA South Central Valley

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

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

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

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

Herbicides have been under increased scrutiny with many...

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

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

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

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

The good thing about many of the pests that affect your crops is that they...

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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

By John Wood, Certis Biologicals Regional Manager

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