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In California, a Warming Climate Will Help a Voracious Pest and Hurt the State’s Almonds, Walnuts and Pistachios
The navel orangeworm costs the state’s nut growers millions of dollars each year. And warmer growing seasons will give the insects time to do even more damage.
By Liza Gross
February 5, 2021
An almond orchard in Tulare County in the San Joaquin Valley, California Almond Orchard, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California. Credit: Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
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California almond farmers enjoyed record-breaking harvests over the last five years, after production dipped in the wake of 2014’s historic drought. That year a chorus of headlines vilified almonds for sucking up a gallon of water per nut, though irrigation efficiency has been improving.