Seminar Archive

The free Avocado Irrigation Workshop will focus on drought and heat effects; irrigation management tools; mapping and managing salinity; water costs and planting density; and support programs available to California avocado growers.

The upcoming Ventura County Water Crisis and California Drought Forum will feature local water experts who will discuss the threats of the extreme drought and potential regional aridization conditions in the county and state.

The forum will cover the following topics:

The Avocado Café will host a virtual seminar  examining the pros and cons of drip versus mini-sprinkler irrigation. Most avocado growers worldwide employ drip irrigation while California growers predominantly use mini-sprinklers. This virtual seminar will discuss whether California avocado growers are irrigating the “wrong way” and examine which irrigation practice is best for your grove.

A free Avocado Varieties Discussion is available online or in person. The session will feature the following topics and speakers:

The California Avocado Commission will host a Pine Tree Ranch Field Day featuring informational sessions about high density GEM trials, avocado rootstock trials and the use of Orondis.

The Avocado Café webinar will feature speakers from Israel and UCCE. Learn more. 

The Ventura County Resource Conservation District is offering a free, four-session Wildfire Virtual Speaker Series in 2022.

The UCCE-San Diego is offering a Farm/Agricultural Labor Supervisor Training session in Spanish at the San Diego County Farm Bureau. Lunch will be served at the event.

The Ventura County Resource Conservation District is offering a free, four-session Wildfire Virtual Speaker Series in 2022.

Avocado Café will host a two-hour virtual seminar entitled, “Understanding Irrigation — How the Plant Responds and the Soil Beneath.” This webinar is the first in a series of sessions that will cover California avocado grove irrigation principles.

The webinar will include the following presenters: