Editorial
Almonds are going public 5
USA
Four Goals as ‘Marching Order’ for the future 8
The Almond Annual Report 2018 12
Taste and crunchiness required by industry and consumers alike 16
State of the industry – looking into the future 18
To snack or not to snack? No question.24
Australia
Almond growth triggered by China-US trade war 28
Technology
Sorting with Radar - better, more accurate, easier? 34
The secret of seeing and controlling everything 40
Germany
Courage to innovate in an aggressive trading environment 46
Human Resources
The human factor in agriculture: What will happen in the future? 52
Russia
What it takes to run a small retail nut business in Moscow 60
India
Price crash due to financial tightness 66