…and avocados at South Coast Research & Extension Center in Orange County to validate the simulations. Online tool being developed to estimate soil nitrogen mineralization rates To develop a tool…
Shop Smarter at Farmers Markets
…peach instead! The same thing applies to locality: if you’re in the Northeast or Midwest, don’t bother with bananas or avocados. If you’re in California, well, pretty much everything can…
Avocado Advocates Share the Love
…California avocados and the California avocado industry. For nutrition information and recipes visit CaliforniaAvocado.com, or join us on Facebook at Facebook.com/CaliforniaAvocados and @CA_Avocados on Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram for updates….
Avocado Growers Face Obstacles but Harvest More Fruit
…19,000 acres planted to avocados, but that number had dropped to about 16,000 acres in 2015. “There are fewer avocado groves alive in our area because growers have cut off…
Honeybees-How to Keep Them
Without honeybees, some of the foods we eat, like almonds, could become extinct; the cost of others, such as cherries and avocados, would likely skyrocket. Cathy Isom tells you how…
Shot Hole Borer Trapping in Avocado Groves
…holes, discolored wood, leaf discoloration and wilting, and dieback of entire branches. In box elders and avocados, a while crusty ring of sugar, also called a “sugar volcano” can be…
Dragon Fruit Might Be Next Niche Crop
…devastating pests. Dragon Fruit Might Be Next Niche Crop Ventura County agriculture is led by coastal lemons and avocados, two crops that face some significant threats with huanglongbing disease and…
Agri View: Growing a Coffee Crop in the U.S.
…near Santa Barbara. He partnered with his family to purchase 42 acres for his farm, Good Land Organics, in 1990 and since has grown exotic, subtropical crops such as avocados,…
Asian Wasps Could Help Stink Bug Control
…a Sacramento community garden. In July 2015, BMSB was found for the first time in traps placed close to citrus, kiwi and avocados in Los Angeles County backyards. Already, several…
Superbowl: Food Safety
…million pizzas – and 139 million pounds of avocados expected to be eaten during the big game, there are plenty of opportunities for a food safety penalty to occur. To…
Superbowl: Avocados
…Avocados Though people think that avocado sales peak on holidays like the Fourth of July or Cinco de Mayo, avocados actually experience their greatest demand on Super Bowl Sunday. In…
New Dietary Guidelines Released by USDA and HHS
…and seeds Oils, including those from plants: canola, corn, olive, peanut, safflower, soybean, and sunflower. Oils also are naturally present in nuts, seeds, seafood, olives, and avocados. Further, Americans should…
Avocado: Healthy Fats
…Hass Avocados in the United States. A 12-member board representing domestic producers and importers of Hass Avocados directs HAB’s promotion, research and information programs under supervision of the United States…
Trans-Pacific Partnership and Japan
…six years. For other fresh fruits, tariffs are as high as 17 percent. They will be immediately eliminated for many products, including grapes, avocados, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, kiwifruit, watermelon,…