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Hops And Cider Workshop

June 6, 2016
By Ben A Faber
Hops & Cider Apple Production Seminar and Tour The University of California and the San Diego Farm Bureau invite you attend a Hops & Cider Apple Production Seminar and Tour! These" la carte" classes allow you to attend any of three educational workshops. Choose from...
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Workshop on Irrigation Funding Resources - FREE!!!!!!

June 3, 2016
By Ben A Faber
CACHUMA RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT FOR SANTA BARBARA COUNTY GROWERS AND FARMERS WATER CONSERVATION FUNDING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES WORKSH0P Agenda 8:00 Sign-In 8:15 Breakfast and Technical Displays 9:00 Grower and Funding Talks 10:40 Discussion and Monday, June 27, 2016 8:15 -11:30 am Rincon Beac...
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Avocados in June

June 1, 2016
By Ben A Faber
No matter where they grow in California, June is a month when avocados are being watered on a regular schedule. How regular that schedule is should be carefully reviewed by the irrigator.
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Cold Nights in Ventura

May 27, 2016
By Ben A Faber
By way of Ventura grower Sandy Hedrick. This is a compilation of nights of "firing" done by Farm Advisor Bob Brendler from 1923 to 1988 that was collected by Terry Schaeffer of The Fruit Frost Service.
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Avocado Cultivars, Botanical Races and Genetic Footprints

May 24, 2016
By Ben A Faber
Vanessa Ashworth and Philippe Rolshausen, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California Riverside. Have you ever wondered where your favorite avocado variety came from? Not the nursery where it was purchased but the long, tortuous path that led to its selection.
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