Please join us at one of our California Avocado
Growers Seminar Series.

 

Presented by
California Avocado Society, Inc., California Avocado Commission, and University of California Cooperative Extension

 

Check our previous recordings on YouTube

California Avocado Society Youtube Channel

California Avocado Growers Seminars Series 2023

Scheduled Topics

 

April 25

WAC (World Avocado Congress) Comes to California

A big thank you to our Speakers

Ali Montazar - Water Adviser for the University of California Cooperative Extension
Water Management Updates

Mary Lu Arpaia - Subtropical Horticulturist at the University of California Cooperative Extension
Genomics and Varieties

Peggy Mauk - Director of Agricultural Operations Professor of Extension
Disease from WAC

Nathan Lurie - President of the California Avocado Society
Latest Technology

Consuelo Fernandez - International Relations/ R&D Manager at Brokaw Nursery
Rootstock and Propagation Updates

Tom Roberts - Entomologist; PCA “Integrated Consulting Entomology”
Pests

Derek Knobel - Asst. V.P. Farming Operations at Leavens Ranches. Past California Avocado Society President
Themes of WAC 2023/ Sustainability

Etaferahu Takele Extension Economist, Area Advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension
Some Lessons Learned at the 10th WAC/ Economics and Markets

Click here for April Seminar/Webinar Recording

 

June

Pollinizers, World Markets, Alternative-Marketing: Staying Profitable

 

August

Orchard Tear Apart, What's Done: Right/Wrong?

 

February 15

Get Down - Fertilizers

A big thank you to our Speakers
 
Dr. Danny Klittich - Director of Agronomy at Mission Produce
And
 Ben Faber - UC Cooperative Extension
 
 Click here for February Seminar/Webinar Recording