John Moore III

We are getting ready to enter potato harvest and carrot harvest for our spring crop. Potato harvest will begin in the south valley starting in the beginning of May. You're going to see harvest of additional root vegetables including sweet potatoes and then, later, onions and tomatoes.

For our citrus, about 75% of petal fall occurred for Kern County, so citrus is coming along pretty well. The same with almonds. Almonds are looking pretty good. From driving around, it looks like the almond crop is pretty full this year. We're not yet sure where the pistachios are going to end up, but it's supposed to be an "off" year for the pistachio crop for some.

We are dry. We are like the rest of the state of California; it's been a dry season.