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Tree crops growers ranging from citrus to avocado to cherimoya and other exotic fruit tree crops were hit be the fires of December 2018. Many trees were damaged by fire, but many more trees were affected by the heat generated by the fire and to a certain extent the gasses produced by the fire.

Applications are now being accepted for Ventura College's Agriculture Supervisor Development Program.

This is a friendly reminder that the Fall ACP Area Wide Management treatment windows for Santa Barbara County are currently under way -- schedule provided below.

Avocado is a neotropic tree which has been commercialized world-wide, yet it's native pollinators have been little studied. The most frequently studied pollinator has been the old-world insect, Apis mellifera.

Avocado orchards are prime environments for this to happen. For me, it's always startling and amazing to come across an animal that's not expected to be there, but really does belong there as much as I do.