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

Our Next Seminar

Avocado Growing Resilience at Greenwood Daylily Gardens, Ventura County

Register Here By Aug. 19

June 27 Seminar's Recording

You can review all of our past recordings available on YouTube.

California Avocado Society Youtube Channel

California Avocado Growers Seminars Series 2025

 

August 21 (9 AM - 11 AM)

Avocado Growing Resilience


Fire Recovery, RCD Support & Water Security Solutions

In-Field at

Greenwood Daylily Gardens, Inc.  
8000 Balcom Canyon Road  
Somis, CA 93066  

Topics and Speakers

Understanding Fire Damage Recovery in the Avocado Orchard
Presented by John Schoustra (Owner) and Ben Faber (UC Cooperative Extension)
 
Funding Sources
Presented by Emily Nye, Joshua Kouri, and Coko Nakano from RCD and Central Coast Hub
 
Process of Building an Ag Reservoir
 Presented by Travis Ag
 
 
Foundation Sponosrs

AgWest Farm Credit, American AgCredit, Brokaw Nursery, Calavo, Del Rey Avocados, Index Fresh, Mission Produce, McDaniel Fruit, Nutrien Farm Solution, and Westfalia Fruit

Seminar Sponsors

Golden Pacific Crop Insutance Services Inc., Irrometer, and WiseConn

 

June 27

Wells and Pumps

Click here for the June 27 recording

We extend our heartfelt thanks to our speakers and sponsors for making this event possible.

Speakers

Devon Keller from Water Prospectors, a geological water locating service.
"Locating Potential Drilling Sites"

Dr. Valerie Mellano. Co-County Director, UC Cooperative Extension, San Diego County
"Best Management Practices for Irrigation"

Paul Stehly, Stehly Brothers Drilling
"Drilling a Well from Start to Finish"

 
Foundation Sponosrs

AgWest Farm Credit, American AgCredit, Brokaw Nursery, Calavo, Del Rey Avocados, Index Fresh, Mission Produce, McDaniel Fruit, Nutrien Farm Solution, and Westfalia Fruit

Seminar Sponsors

Golden Pacific Crop Insutance Services Inc., Irrometer, and WiseConn

 

 

  June 3

Avocado Field Day Innovations and Insights

Presented by: 
California Avocado Society, California Association of Pest Control Advisors, Farm Bureau of Ventura County, and Limoneira
 
We extend our heartfelt thanks to our speakers and sponsors for making this event possible.
 
Speakers
 
Consuelo Frenandez and Kamille Garcia (Brokaw Nursery)
Pests and Diseases

Danny Klittich (Mission Produce)
Anatomy and Nutrition

Hamutal Cohen and Laura Leger (UCANR)
Integrating IPM, Pesticide Resistance & Cover Crops for Beneficial Insect Support

Briana Layfield (Ag-Bee)
Drone use for IPM
 
 Seminar Sponsors
 
AG-Bee, Irrometer, JH Biotech, Quinn CAT, and WiseConn
 
Foundation Sponosrs

AgWest Farm Credit, American AgCredit, Brokaw Nursery, Calavo, Del Rey Avocados, Index Fresh, Mission Produce, McDaniel Fruit, Nutrien Farm Solution, and Westfalia Fruit

 

April 16

Water Knowledge is Power Knowledge

Click here for the April Recording

A big thank you to our Speakers

Ali Montazar - UCCE Irrigation Advisor, Imperial/San Diego/ Riverside counties

Stu Styles - Cal Poly SLO Irrigation Training and Education Center

 

February 5

Pollination, Pollinators, Pollinizers & Supplemental Pollen

Click here for the Recording

A big thank you to our Speakers

Mary Lu Arpaia - UC Riverside, Hamutahl Cohen - UC Cooperative Extension, Adam Lambert - UC Santa Barbara, Marllon Soares do Santos - UC Riverside