Ventura

Healthy Soils Workshop February 19, 9am 11am University of California Cooperative Extension Office 669 County Square Drive Suite 100 Ventura, CA 93003 CDFA's Healthy Soils Program is opening and will be accepting applications on a rolling basis.

Ranching has a long history in California, starting when Spanish missions were established in the early 1700s, continuing as ranchos under Mexican rule, and persisting as a solid industry today with about 38 million acres of range and pasture lands in the state.

Five of the past six years have been the warmest in Bakersfield's recorded history (Bakersfield Californian) Steven Mayer, Jan. 15 Daniel Sumner, an ag economist at UC Davis, said researchers across the state are busy studying the changing patterns of California's Mediterranean climate.

On Saturday, 01/25/2020, we attended Dr. Mike's Speech Event at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in the Clark Livestock Center. It was hosted by the Ventura County 4-H Animal Science. We were event staff, so we helped to run the event and set up as well as clean up.

Come and hear some new ideas to improve soils in Ventura County. Register Here: https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=29019 For more information: ceventura.ucanr.

What are the effects of fire and smoke and ash and heat and all the other potential things that might affect plants and animal products that we eat?????? Can you simply wash off contaminants? What impact on the soil, itself? Does anything special need to be done to start producing food again?

The following is compiled from the January newsletter of the Ventura County ACP-HLB Task Force Results of November scouting trip are available for the Canine Detection Team A team of six dogs and three handlers from F1K9 scouted 20 citrus ranches in Ventura County between Nov. 18 and Nov. 22, 2019.

Jim Downer is an Advisor who has worked extensively on tree - avocado especially - pathology. His title econpases Pathology of landscape ornamentals , Phytophthora Root Rot, Mulches, Potting soils, Palm horticulture, "climate ready" trees, arboriculture, Master Gardener Advisor.

Harry Steven Dasher, emeritus 4-H youth advisor, passed away at his home in San Diego on Jan. 4, 2020. He was 68.

Ventura County Research Symposium Sustainability Through Soil Health Please join us for a morning of research updates and speakers highlighting industry trends including: Soil Health Assessment and Management: Lessons from the Arid and Semiarid Southwest Dr.