groups A standing-room-only morning

A Full House.

Name: Pistachio Day 2026
Start: 2026-06-17T08:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-17T13:00-07:00
Location: International Agri-Center

Standing room only from the first talk to the last. Thank you for being there.

300+

Growers, PCAs, CCAs & Processors in the Room

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looks_one A Full House

The room filled, and kept filling.

Pistachio Day filled the Social Hall and kept going. Seats went first. Then people lined the walls. By the time the first speaker started it was standing room only, and it held that way until lunch.

Growers, PCAs, CCAs and processors packed in together. The questions came fast and ran long between sessions. That is the room we wanted. People who came to work.

A packed speaker hall at Pistachio Day 2026

Pistachio Day 2026 · International Agri-Center, Tulare

Attendees seated during a Pistachio Day session

Attendees listening to a Pistachio Day presentation

The Pistachio Day industry panel on stage

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The lineup earned the room.

Every talk was built for the weeks right before harvest, and the speakers knew the crop cold. William Bourdeau kept the morning moving and grounded it in what growers are up against on water and cost.

Master of Ceremonies

William Bourdeau

Bourdeau Farms · Harris Farms

Elizabeth Fichtner

UCCE Farm Advisor, Tulare County

Broke down low nut set, and how pollination timing and orchard variability shape the crop.

Matthew Spain

Senior VP, Grower Relations, Wonderful

Gave the state of the pistachio industry: supply, demand, and where returns are headed.

Ryo Takanashi

Co-Founder, WaterOne.AI

Got into irrigation and SGMA, and getting more crop out of every acre-foot.

Idong Mokwunye

UCCE Area IPM Entomology Advisor

Covered late-season pest pressure and protecting quality into harvest.

forum Industry Panel

Crop value, markets, and what growers take home

A straight conversation on in-season decisions, regulation, and the numbers that show up at harvest.

Rich Kreps

Chairman, American Pistachio Growers

Roger Isom

President & CEO, Western Tree Nut Association

JW Lemons

Agronomist, Verdesian Life Sciences

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Busy through every break.

Between talks the rows filled with growers comparing notes and working the season out with the suppliers who serve California pistachios. Cards got traded. Deals got started. You do not get that from a webinar.

A busy floor between sessions.

Exhibitors and attendees on the Pistachio Day trade show floor

Attendees visiting exhibitor booths at Pistachio Day

Conversations on the Pistachio Day show floor

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Backed by California agriculture.

None of this is free to put on. Our sponsors and exhibitors made it free for everyone who walked in, and put their names behind Pistachio Day. We are grateful to every one of them.

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