Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

In June, Araceli Lavender Farm in Dixon hosted their 2nd Annual Lavender Festival.

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The 9th World Avocado Congress is coming up at the end of this month in Colombia (https://worldavocadocongress.co/). It should be a grand time to exchange ideas. This is following on the heels of Avocado Brainstorming held spring of 2018.

Nickels Field Meeting Thursday, September 12, 2019 | 8:00-9:00 am Nickels Soil Lab, Arbuckle, CA Join Dani Lightle (UCCE Orchards Advisor; Glenn, Tehama, and Butte Counties) and Drew Wolter (UC Junior Specialist Intern and UC Davis Graduate Student) for a field meeting to observe how different trunk...

Nickels Field Meeting Thursday, September 12, 2019 | 8:00-9:00 am Nickels Soil Lab, Arbuckle, CA Join Dani Lightle (UCCE Orchards Advisor; Glenn, Tehama, and Butte Counties) and Drew Wolter (UC Junior Specialist Intern and UC Davis Graduate Student) for a field meeting to observe how different trunk...

There's not much of a generation gap when it comes to recipients of the prestigious Kenneth A. Spencer Award of the American Chemical Society (ACS).

This past week, the UCCE Stanislaus County Master Gardeners held a class about pollinators and the plants they prefer. Speakers from Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Xerces Society helped the audience meet many local pollinators found in our county.

Save the Date! October 31, 9am 11am Hansen Agricultural Research and Extension Center 287 S Briggs Rd, Santa Paula Come gather around a cover crop demonstration for a discussion on cover crop seed selections, appropriate mixes for different cropping systems, and management issues.

Lisa Tate is coming into her own in helping manage her family's farms in Ventura County. In addition to avocado and citrus, she is one of the pioneers of coffee growing in the coastal California, a fledgling industry in specialty crops.

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