Cracking Whole-Orchard Recycling of Walnuts Researchers Trial Rootstocks, Added Nitrogen to Fine-Tune Walnut Chip Management

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UCCE Orchard Advisor Clarissa Reyes, who serves Sutter, Yuba, Butte and Placer counties, is working with a cooperating grower on two field trials that examine whole orchard recycling of walnuts. She recently held a field day to update growers on her progress (photo by V. Boyd.)

Vicky Boyd | Contributing Writer
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A veteran agricultural journalist, Vicky Boyd has covered the industry in California, Florida, Texas, Colorado, the South and the Mid-South. Along the way, she has won several writing awards. Boyd attended Colorado State University, where she earned a technical journalism degree with minors in agriculture and natural resources. Boyd is known for taking complex technical or scientific material and translating it so readers can use it on their farms. Her favorite topics are entomology, weeds and new technology. When she’s not out “playing in the dirt,” as she calls agricultural reporting, Boyd enjoys running, hiking, knitting and sewing.