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Current Research Rates

Research Rates are approved on an annual basis. The following rates have been approved for the period: July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025: 2024-2025 West Side Research and Extension Center rates: PER ACRE RATE FULL COST Per Acre Research Rate $5150.
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Kern County University of California Cooperative Extension - The Kern County Cooperative Extension office is most commonly recognized as the Farm and Home Advisors Office.
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About Us

The West Side Research and Extension Center (WSREC) is the result of the determination, energy, and foresight of a group of farmers, business people, and University of California (UC) staff who believed that the highly-productive west side of the San Joaquin Valley of California needed a research fi...
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Research

Located on 320 acres in the Western San Joaquin Valley, WSREC has land suitable for growing row, orchard and field crops, including vegetable crops, agronomic crops, trees, vines and turf grass.
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Extension, Outreach & Education

The primary roles of the West Side Research and Extension Center (WSREC) are to promote and support outreach and educational programs throughout the western San Joaquin Valley.
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Weather, Physical & Biological Data

This San Joaquin Valley location has a long growing season, deep clay loam soil, and the facility can provide access to a wide range of available equipment and skilled farming staff.
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Facilities

The center has one laboratory equipped for pathology or limited wet chemistry work, including a fume hood. Two other labs can be used for entomology work or other microscope work, or are suitable for plant or soil sample preparation or measurement work.
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