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The Scoop on Fruits and Nuts

Produced by Roger Duncan, Pomology and Viticulture Advisor, Stanislaus County. You can receive email notification when the next newsletter is posted.
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2025 IPM Breakfast Meetings - Revised Dates

February 3rd, 2025
Please see the attached flier for corrected dates for the IPM Breakfast meetings. Note the April meetings will be on 4/9 and 4/23. Thank you! Save the date for the 2025 IPM Breakfast Meetings! They will be held at the Old Mill Cafe, 600 9th St., Modesto CA, from 7 am - 8 am.
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Save the Date: 2025 IPM Breakfast Meetings

January 30th, 2025
Save the date for the 2025 IPM Breakfast Meetings! They will be held at the Old Mill Cafe, 600 9th St., Modesto CA, from 7 am - 8 am. See the attached flier for dates and more info. Continuing education credits will be offered (pending).
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Save the Date: North SJ Valley Peach Day 2/5/25

January 10th, 2025
Save the date for the North San Joaquin Valley Peach Day! February 5, 2025 from 9:00am - 11:30am Location: Merced County Farm Bureau, 646 State Hwy 5, Merced CA Free to attend! CE Requested: 1 hour DPR and 2 hours CCA Please see the attached flier for more info.
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Pacific Flathead Borer Field Day

November 18th, 2024
Pacific flatheaded borer (Chrysobothris mali, Family Buprestidae) has become an increasing pest problem in walnut orchards in the last decade. The adult (beetle) lays eggs on the branches, and larvae feed on the cambium layer, weakening and wilting the branches.
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Carpophilus Extension Event

July 3rd, 2024
The carpophilus beetle California workgroup is organizing a Zoom webinar on July 9, 3-6 pm to inform Californias nut crop growers and industries about the newly invasive pest.
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The Scoop on Fruits and Nuts - Summer 2024

June 28th, 2024
In this issue: Roger Duncan Retiring July 1, 2024 Recent Field Trial in Stanislaus County First Detection of Red Leaf Blotch: A New Disease of Almond in California Irrigation Management for Non-Bearing Walnuts...
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