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AGRITOURISM INTENSIVE: A class for Ventura region farmers and ranchers offered by UC Cooperative Extension Ventura, Ventura County Farm Bureau, the UC Small Farm Program, Oxnard Convention and Visitors Bureau, and other local partners Are you considering agritourism or nature tourism on your farm or...

University of Florida research Jude Grosser has been working with a new breeding technique that creates tetraploid rootstocks that are showing significantly improved resistance to Huanglongbing. This is done with conventional breeding and is not based on genetic engineering.

The California Small Farm Conference is the state's premier gathering of small farmers, agricultural students, farmers market managers and others involved in the small farm industry.

Gary Bender has made his manual on avocado production available on his website. And it's free. Take a look at it to see if you might be missing something in your orchard: http://ucanr.

In coastal lemons, there has been a major increase of broad mite and the damage it causes on fruit and leaves this year. Broad mites are often found in depressions on fruit where the females lay their eggs, which are dimpled, translucent, and covered in white speckles.