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This is the most recent news about the status of Huanglongbing and Asian Citrus Psyllid in the San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura areas, as well as links to activities in the state.

That's a good question. Some question whether they flourish now.

SWEEP Applications Open and Ventura County Workshop Announced! California Department of Food and Agriculture is now accepting applications for the State Water Efficiency & Enhancement Program (SWEEP), a competitive grant program that provides funding to farmers and ranchers to invest in irrigation w...

The very fact that avocados can be grown in hard to get to places means that the trees are also in areas that are subject to wildfire damage. Recently several hundred acres of avocado burned in the foothills. The fire was fanned by high winds and low humidity.

Species that move into new areas are known as adventive, but the word has several shades of meaning. Some scientists include deliberately introduced species, but others include only those that arrived on their own or by accident.