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Joseph Nosrat
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Spring Intern at HAREC!

March 19, 2019
A new intern joins the Education Team this spring. Meet Joseph Nosrat, Environmental Communications senior at CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI). Joseph obtained an Associate Degree at Mt. San Antonio College.
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Look Out for Chicken Disease

March 16, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Virulent Newcastle's Disease is Still at Large El Departamento de Alimentos y Agricultura de California y el Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos estan investigando una incidencia de la enfermedad de Newcastle virulento que fue encontrada el 18 de mayo 2018 en una bandada de pollitos de...
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We're Talking Avocado Laurel Wilt

March 15, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Next up on Ag Experts Talking is Laurel Wilt Disease which is causing major damage in the native tree populations of the south east United States and the avocado groves in particular. Learn what is being done there and what the potential threat is to California avocados.
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Soil Testing

March 15, 2019
By Ben A Faber
I recently got two calls about interpreting soil tests that had been done by labs outside the state - Massachusetts and Wisconsin. They aren't bad labs, but the results have problems.
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Avocado and Laurel Wilt Webinar and CEUs

March 8, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Next up on Ag Experts Talking is Laurel Wilt Disease which is causing major damage in the native tree populations of the south east United States and the avocado groves in particular. Learn what is being done there and what the potential threat is to California avocados.
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Powdery mildew advancing upon a raspberry fruit. Notice the evidence of disease on the petiole. Photo courtesy Ted Swartzbaugh.
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Powdery mildew on raspberry fruit

March 7, 2019
By Mark P Bolda
Here's a photo submitted by reader Ted Swartzbaugh down in Ventura county of something you don't see too often. Powdery mildew in raspberry which has advanced to the fruit, and if you look close you can even see evidence of the disease on the petiole.
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The 2019 Southern Youth Summit

March 5, 2019
The Southern Youth Summit (SYS) is sponsored by the state 4-H and the theme this year was Bee the Change. I have been to SYS for two years and it is a wonderful experience where I have learned leadership skills and met other 4-H youth leaders.
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Rose Hayden-Smith is the UCCE advisor in digital communications in food systems and extension education; editor, UC Food Observer; Food and Society Policy Fellow
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Ventura farming thrives with community support

March 1, 2019
Only an hour north of Los Angeles, one of the nation's highest-populated metropolitan centers, a vibrant farming community is actively producing millions of dollars in agricultural crops, reported Teresa O'Conner on KCET.org.
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Peach root-knot nematode-infected almond tree in a two-year-old orchard. Photo by Andreas Westphal
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February 2019 news clips

February 28, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Above average rainfall in February benefits strawberry crops in the Central Valley (ABC 30) Reuben Contreras, Feb. 28 Above average rainfall in February will help this year's harvest last through October. "It looks like it is in full bloom right now and it looks like it is going to rain.
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