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Specialty Crop growers with avocado, citrus, dates, cherimoya etc can claim financial losses due to financial losses due to market disruptions, inflation and increased input costs

California Avocado Growers Seminars Series 2026Thanks to all of our Foundation Sponsors BelowOur Next Seminar  Our last Seminar of 2026August 18 (9 - 12)GEM vs. Hass AvocadosFeaturing a talk byAurelie Lamotte(Customer Development Manager Europe, Westfalia Fruit)"All about GEM Avocados in Europe"…

A past  blog post discusses how growers can alleviate the damage caused by excessive temperatures.To begin with, assess the damage to your trees. If your trees have been lightly “toasted,” it’s best to leave the trees alone. While the terminal buds may have been damaged — and will most likely not…

Browse the UC ANR publications through the open-access eScholarship library.  Try the link here to the query “organic amendments” that is typed into the question rectangle in the top, right of the page. https://escholarship.org/search?q=organic+amendments&searchType=eScholarship&searchUnitType=series

Irrigation efficiency can not be improved unless distribution uniformity of the system is designed appropriately and maintained, especially in low-pressure microirrigation systems which tend to degrade rapidly