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Avocado Irrigation
April 16 (1 -3 PM)
 

Water Knowledge is
Power Knowledge

In-Person and Zoom
 
Topics and Speakers
 
Sources of ET information and their Reliability
By Ali Montazar - UCCE Irrigation Advisor, Imperial/San Diego/ Riverside counties
 
 
Selecting Irrigation Emitters-Drip vs Microsprinkler
Stu Styles - Cal Poly SLO Irrigation Training and Education Center
 
We would love to meet you in person at
The San Diego County Farm Bureau (420 S Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025)
 

If you cannot attend the meeting, register through our Zoom link.
 
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How We Think About GMOs

February 28th, 2019
By Ben A Faber
A recent article from the Journal of Agricultural Education explorers how group decisions are often made. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A tiny insect, no bigger than the head of a pin, is threatening to topple the multibillion-dollar citrus industry in the U.S.
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P Confusion in the Avocados

February 27th, 2019
By Ben A Faber
It is such a simple little letter, P. It stands for the element phosphorus. It is often misspelled as phosphorous which is an adjective, but even in technical literature it is misspelled. But that's not the end. Phosphorus is an element that takes many forms called oxidation states.
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Seeking Native Bees

February 25th, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Over the last 100 million years, native species shaped our ecosystems. Now, farmers bring in non-native honeybee hives by the truckload to pollinate hectares of non-native crops. And the honeybees could be affecting how native bees do their job. In a 2013 study, Lucas A.
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Avocado Disease on High

February 22nd, 2019
By Ben A Faber
And maybe a lot of other problems like Shot Hole Borer-Fusarium Dieback in Avocado and other California tree species and maybe Huanglongbing in citrus. GAINESVILLE, Fla.
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Nitrogen Management Plans to Meet Water Quality Standards

February 19th, 2019
We are now just over halfway through the third term of the Conditional Waiver, adopted in April 2016 and set to expire in April 2021. Each new term builds upon the last, and adds new requirements aimed at improving water quality and advancing progress towards meeting regulatory standards.
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