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WAC Comes to California Avocado Growers

May 22, 2023
By Ben A Faber
WAC (World Avocado Congress) Comes to California Speakers from our April 25, 2023 CA Avocado Society/CA Avocado Commission/UCCE Webinar Reporting on the WAC meeting in Auckland, NZ in 2023 Ali Montazar - Water Adviser for the University of California Cooperative Extension Water Management Updates Ma...
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ACP Updates

May 22, 2023
By Ben A Faber
Asian Citrus Psyllid Update Winter and spring rains have given us a robust growing season this year. Tender new citrus flush is ideal habitat for ACP to feed, lay eggs and build new populations. An increase in ACP numbers and feeding can increase the risk of HLB spreading and building up.
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Weed Management in 2023: what can we expect?

May 19, 2023
By Consuelo B Baez Vega, Whitney B Brim-Deforest, Taiyu Guan
Coming out of 2022, where roughly half of all California rice fields were left fallowed last year, and others may have been fallowed for two seasons, many of us have questions about what weed management will look like in 2023.
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Exploring the complexities of cannabis farming in rural areas

May 18, 2023
By Michael Hsu
Land use change in agricultural frontiers can have far-reaching social and environmental implications, such as habitat loss, water contamination, or worker demographic shifts particularly when it involves the rapid expansion of a new industry such as cannabis production.
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