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Strawberries sold at farm stands are typically sweeter and more flavorful than varieties sold in stores.
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Roadside strawberry stands offer particularly flavorful fruit

April 20, 2020
By Ruth M Dahlquist-Willard
Central Valley residents from Visalia to Sacramento look forward every year to the beginning of strawberry season in early April, when roadside strawberry stands operated by Hmong and Mien farmers open to the public.
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hlb defprmed citrus
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Citrus Immunology

April 20, 2020
By Ben A Faber
Citrus greening, also called Huanglongbing (HLB), is devastating the citrus industry. Florida alone has experienced a 50 to 75 percent reduction in citrus production. There are no resistant varieties of citrus available and limited disease control measures.
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Armyworm trapping season starts

April 17, 2020
By Luis Espino
As you know, we have been monitoring armyworm flights with pheromone traps across the valley since 2018. This year, the first set of traps were put out on 4/10 near Princeton, and today we put out a few more. We checked the first traps today, and we got an average of 2 moths per night per trap.
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Global Avocado Industry

April 17, 2020
By Ben A Faber
A great source of information on what's happening to produce around the world, including citrus, avocado, blueberries and occasionally cherimoya and star fruit but all things strawberry and lettuce and whatnot, I check daily on Fresh Plaza to see what's going on.
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UC Cooperative Extension scientists monitor rangeland forage growth by clipping and measuring one square foot of area, and then calculating the data by acre. (Photo: Royce Larsen)
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Rancher wisdom can be improved with science

April 17, 2020
By Jeannette Warnert
When California was part of the Wild West, it took a certain amount of guesswork to move cattle from their home range to summer pastures while making sure sufficient forage was left behind to hold the cattle over till fall rainfall spurred new growth.
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NRCS in OXNARD and FSA in Santa Maria ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS ??

April 16, 2020
By Ben A Faber
Just got a note from Dawn Afman, the District Conservationist at USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. She says: USDA Farm Services Agency is working like heck to help all our producers who are hurting due to markets closing for COVID.
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April Avocado Workshop

April 16, 2020
By Ben A Faber
NO, you didn't miss it. It's coming to you https://californiaavocadosociety.org/seminar-presentations.
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