- Author: Chris M. Webb
Ventura County Cooperative Extension will be hosting a strawberry irrigation field day on Thursday, February 18, 2010 from 8-11am in Camarillo. The program is in English with simultaneous translation into Spanish. There is no cost to attend, but to ensure your participation please contact Oleg Daugovish. Coffee and refreshments will be provided.
Topics to be covered include:
- Strawberry establishment with drip, partial or standard sprinkler irrigation
- Establishment of large scale irrigation study
- Water use/application and salinity measurements
- Plant performance and differences in salinity in two 4-drip line configurations
- Improvements in irrigation management
- Precision monitoring, affordable and practical irrigation equipment.
Further information can be found here.
- Author: Chris M. Webb
Did you know that raspberries are one of the fastest-growing, high value crops in Ventura County? For 2008, the most recent data available, gross revenue for raspberries in our county was $85 million.
The North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association will be hosting a conference February 24-26 in Monterey, California.
Break out sessions include:
- Virus management
- Direct marketers
- Emerging invasive pest problems
- Organic caneberry production
- Post-harvest handling
- Worker training
- High tunnel production
- Pollination
- IPM
The conference includes farm tours in addition to the informational sessions.
- Author: Chris M. Webb
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (CDPR) now has online continuing education classes designed to help applicators meet the required hours of education needed to keep licenses and certificates valid.
The courses were developed by the Fresno County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office and are approved for statewide use. Classes currently offered are: Respiratory Protection Regulation CCR 6739 (a-s) and Employer Responsibilities for Fieldworkers: Hazard Communication.
Login at http://www.co.fresno.ca.us/agce to sign up or to check for new class offerings.
- Author: Chris M. Webb
The Ventura County Agricultural Commissioner’s Office will be hosting a series of continuing education opportunities in Laws & Regulations.
These sessions are open to anyone interested in renewing their PAC, QAL, QAC or PCA.
The first in these series will be held January 13, 2010 8am to 12pm at the PWA Conference Room located at 11251-A Riverbank Drive in Saticoy.
Topics covered:
- 2010 Permit Conditions
- Hazard Communication Regulation Changes
- Online Pesticide Use Reporting
- Pesticide Application Inspections
These sessions are free of charge and will provide up to 3 hours of DPR (Department of Pesticide Regulation) approved continuing education credits. If you are interested in attending this session, please contact Korinne Bell at 805.933.2926 ext 235. Space is limited so please call to reserve your spot!
- Author: Chris M. Webb
On Tuesday, September 1st Ventura County UCCE’s Dr. Oleg Daugovish held the 8th Annual Strawberry Production Meeting. This meeting and ones like it are to provide information on current research relevant to Ventura County strawberry production happening both in the county and through other UC campuses. What happens if you missed the meeting, or attended but need to refresh your memory?
As luck would have it, Oleg posts all of the presentation materials on our Ventura County UCCE website. Besides the presentations themselves, you will find other formats of knowledge waiting to be shared. You can find them by clicking on this link.
Once there, you will see that in addition to strawberries, Oleg has much information on caneberries, vegetables, organic production, cost and return studies, weed susceptibility to herbicides chart, weeds and invasive plants in Ventura County, and Master Gardener presentation trainings, which cover backyard vegetables and weeds.
A grower checks strawberry leaves for the presence of spider mites
A tube is used to collect soil and root samples from a test plot looking for methyl bromide alternatives
Recording counts of spider mites and predator mites in Ventura County field
A roller is used to properly slope the tops of strawberry beds for good water drainage
