Alfalfa, Dry Beans & Field Corn
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Crops
- Alfalfa Program Information
- Dry Beans Program Information
- Field Corn Program Information
Newsletters
- Field Crop Notes - timely production information on alfalfa, dry bean, sugarbeet, corn and wheat production. Meeting announcements for these same crops
CIMIS Weather
Linked data is from the California Irrigation Management Information System (CIMIS) weather stations. Visit CIMIS web site.
Fresno County Stations
- Coalinga
- Firebaugh/Telles, Firebaugh
- Five Points South West, Five Points
- FivePoints/WSFS USDA, Five Points
- Fresno State, Fresno
- Orange Cove
- Panoche, Firebaugh
- Parlier
- Westlands, Tranquility
Kings County Stations
- Kettleman, Kettleman City
- Stratford
Tulare County Stations
- Alpaugh
- Delano
- Lindcove
- Porterville
- Visalia/ICI Americas, Visalia
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SJC and Delta Field Crops Meeting
UC Cooperative Extension in San Joaquin County will host the SJC and Delta Field Crops Meeting on Friday, January 8, 2016 from 8:00am to 12:00pm. The meeting location is the Cabral Agricultural Center in Stockton (2101 E.Earhart Ave., Stockton, CA...
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Kearney Alfalfa Field Day Handouts and Presentations Posted to the Website
The handouts and presentations from the alfalfa field day held at the Kearney Research and Extension Center have been posted to the alfalfa website at alfalfa.ucdavis.edu. Scroll down to find the links to the field day information located in the...
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