Warm weather pushes crop development

Last week's warm-up around California is a boon for the state's wheat fields as well as fruit and other crops, according to the latest crop weather report from the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.

From the report:

Plum, peach, apricot, and nectarine fruit developed. Cherry bloom was complete. Prunes were
leafing-out in Sutter and Yuba Counties. Weed treatments and bloom sprays continued in stone fruit
orchards. In the San Joaquin Valley, recent hail storms resulted in damage to apricot, peach and cherry
orchards. Grape and kiwi vines were in the shoot elongation stage. Pomegranates and persimmons
continued to leaf-out. Apples were blooming and leafing-out. Olive groves were pruned. Orange and
avocado trees were in bloom in early locations as bees were moved into citrus groves in preparation of
full bloom. Navel oranges, tangerines, tangelos and lemons continued to be harvested and packed for
export. The harvesting of late variety navel oranges and early Valencia oranges began to pick up.

The full report is here.