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Podcast: Almond Journey
Episode: Episode 16: Orchard Experiments and Lessons from a Field Representative with Donny Hicks
Description: In this episode we visit with almond grower and Hughson Nut Field Representative Donny Hicks. Donny manages a small 18-acre orchard, which helps him keep a grower’s perspective in everything he does. Donny shares how he’s offering up his acreage for experiments in areas such as fumigation, pruning, and subsurface irrigation. Then we talk about his role with Hughson Nut, and what he learns from the growers he works with day to day. “It's really nice to be able to farm and do what I'm doing because I'm going through the same thing that my...