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March 2026 Issue

Our inaugural edition. This month's cover story examines how California's top orchard operators are putting AI to work in the field — boosting yields, cutting costs, and improving sustainability through a new generation of on-the-ground sensor platforms.

March 2026 · 7 articles
A COP-R-LOCK device installed on a rural irrigation pump to deter copper wire theft
Security & Risk

Ag Theft on the Rise Across California

Copper theft, GPS-equipped tractor heists, and organized crews targeting the Central Valley — agricultural theft is now a six-figure problem, and growers, sheriffs, and innovators are fighting back.

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A Bloomfield Robotics camera system mounted on an ATV scans an orchard canopy in California
Orchard Management · Cover Story

AI Tools Making a Difference in Orchard Management

How California's growers are deploying vision systems, autonomous vehicles, and aerial AI to boost yields, cut costs, and improve sustainability — from Bloomfield Robotics to Ceres Imaging.

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Curated one-to-one meetings between enterprise growers and agricultural innovators at the Enterprise Ag Summit
Events

A New Kind of Gathering for the Growers Shaping the Future of Agriculture

Not another trade show. The Enterprise Ag Summit is a curated, hosted gathering of California's enterprise-scale growers and the innovators building the next generation of ag solutions.

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Irrigation infrastructure lines a prepared field as growers build seasonal strategies around expected water allocations and pumping constraints
Water Strategy

Hard Decisions, Fewer Acres

Under SGMA, water has become the first input growers plan around — before labor, inputs, or markets. Inside the operational shift forcing California operators to fallow ground, prioritize blocks, and rebuild planning calendars.

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Shipping containers move through a California port facility
Strategy

Three Forces Reshaping California Specialty Crops

California specialty crops generate $61.2B in cash receipts and $23.8B in exports — and three structural forces in 2026 are reshaping who pulls ahead and who falls behind.

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A pile of biochar made from almond shells showing the porous structure that retains water and supports microbial life
Soil & Sustainability

Treehouse Almonds Backs Biochar Venture to Build Better Soils

Treehouse Almonds and Sitos Group's new Delano facility will turn 26,000 tons of almond shells into customizable biochar — with a 35% vineyard yield boost from a 10-year Monterey Pacific trial behind it.

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A California orchard at golden hour -- the agricultural enterprise Enterprise Ag Magazine serves
Publisher's Letter

Welcome to the First Issue of Enterprise Ag

Publisher Jason Scott on why Enterprise Ag was created, what it is for, and what it is not — a magazine for the people running California agriculture as an enterprise.

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