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SWEEPing Citrus

May 24, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Spotlight on SWEEP in Citrus Shulamit Shroder, UCCE climate smart agriculture specialist - Kern County In 2014, Bruce Kelsey in Kern County received a grant through the California Department of Food and Agriculture's State Water Efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP).
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Low-Flow Irrigation Scheduling

May 22, 2019
How to irrigate is probably the most common question in irrigated agriculture, even with 10,000 years of cultivation knowledge to guide us. The complexities of irrigation and the unique situation for each grower makes this question so difficult.
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Measuring Diverted Water

May 21, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Water Measurement and Reporting Course This training will be held on Friday June 7th, 2019 from 1:00 p.m. 4:30 p.m.
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Shot Hole Borer Update

May 20, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Impacts of the invasive shot hole borer (Euwallacea kuroshio) are linked to sewage pollution in southern California: the Enriched Tree Hypothesis By: John M. Bolandand Deborah L. Woodward https://peerj.com/articles/6812.
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