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Costs and Benefits of Mating Disruption

Mating disruption is a selective, low-risk alternative for controlling codling moth and navel orangeworm. This study covers the costs and benefits of using mating disruption...

Grazing Sheep in California Vineyards

This best management practices guide has been developed to facilitate integrating sheep into vineyard systems in California.

Video: Monitoring for Webspinning Spider Mites

Learn how to monitor for webspinning spider mites and protect your walnut orchard from damage using Integrated Pest Management guidelines. Watch the video below or...

Managing irrigation in your orchard: Water, Phytophthora, IPM, and SGMA

On June 4th, 2025, CAFF hosted a field day at the Colombini Ranch in Linden, CA. The event was centered around the topic of orchard...

Webinar: Augmentative Biocontrol Modes of Release and Types of Supportive Habitat

Augmentative releases of natural enemies can provide effective control of many pests. In this webinar recording, CAFF’s Ecological Pest Management Senior Manager, Hanna Kahl, explains...

Managing Pests with Predator & Parasitoid Habitat

This guide created by Wild Farm Alliance, shows how habitat can help attract natural enemies and manage pests. CAFF co-authored the “Walnut Pests: Natural Enemies...

Costs and Benefits of Cover Crops

Learn about the economics of utilizing cover crops in walnuts, including the long-term savings. 

Codling moth mating disruption: Best practices guide

This guide covers the basics of pheromone mating disruption for managing codling moth, a pest of multiple tree fruit and nut crops. Explore the guide...

Miticide non-target effects on predatory mites in walnuts

Click here to view the database This database compares pesticides currently registered in California for use to control web-spinning spider mites in walnuts based on...

Urban Agriculture in Orange County: Gospel Swamp Farm and The Ecology Center

  In this episode we travel to Southern California to meet with Samuel Guitron of Gospel Swamp Farm in Santa Ana and Johnny Wilson from...