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Evaluating Damage to Baby Trees Requires Patience Earlier temperatures and forecasted temperatures do not appear to be cold enough to freeze baby trees in the citrus belt. Time will tell.

Date: December 13, 2013 Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Contact: Anita Hunt Sponsor: Lindcove Research & Extension Center Location: 22963 Carson Ave, Exeter, CA 93221, USA Citrus growers and other Ag professionals are invited to attend the University of California, Lindcove Research and Extension Center An...

A note just caught my eye of China requesting to export fresh apples to the US. They already are the major exporter of apple juice to the US, and now fresh fruit.

If you have ever wondered why smoke rising during calm weather when there is a "ceiling", where there is warm air sitting on cold in an inversion, here is an explanation from our biometeorologist Rick Snyder at UC Davis. The smoke rises because the heated air is less dense than the surrounding air.

For the first time since the great freeze of '89-90, we have experienced a little more than minor damage to our crops. Compared to the San Joaquin Valley, Ventura country escaped without major damage; although there were some areas harder hit like the Ojai Valley and some canyons near Santa Paula.