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You can subscribe to this  blog with multiple entries per week reflecting what's happening with subtropical crops and upcoming educational events.  Just click on the "Subscribe" button just to the right of this paragraph.  There's also our seasonal quarterly Topics in Subtropics newsletter found at our Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Riverside, San Diego, Tulare and Kern Counties Cooperative Extension websites.
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Leaf Analysis Time

September 24, 2018
By Ben A Faber
Fire damaged. Heat damaged trees. When they leaf out, these often are not the leaves that are intended for traditional leaf analysis at this time of year. This would be especially true if the trees had lost all of the fruit for this year and possibly the next due to weather damage.
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ACP Scouting and Monitoring Workshop for Growers in Riverside County

September 21, 2018
By Sonia I Rios
The University of California Cooperative Extension is hosting free workshops for citrus grove owners, managers and farmers. The workshop will provide an overview of proper Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) scouting techniques from University of California research entomologists Dr. Monique Rivera.
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Avocado Annual Meeting - October 4/5

September 21, 2018
By Ben A Faber
BIG Things are happening in the avocado world!!! Come find out at the Annual Avocado Meeting to be held in two weeks. Yes, it's coming up fast. And it's going to be in the Temecula area. New growers need to come to learn from the members what wonders are in store for them as growers.
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New News Letter on Subtropics

September 21, 2018
By Ben A Faber
The latest Topics in Subtropics quarterly is out. Check it out. And subscribe for further editions. And check out the archive of past editions. http://ceventura.ucanr.edu/news/Topics_in_Subtropics/ The U.C.
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Grower Meetings are Good

September 19, 2018
By Ben A Faber
One good idea from a meeting can make all the difference of whether that was a meeting worth going to or not. One idea, that's all it takes to make a big difference back at the ranch. A lot of times the good idea comes from the people you meet there.
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