Kern Vegetable Crops Newsletter

• Charcoal Rot:  A dry weather wilt in processing tomatoes

• Southern Blight:  A challenge this year

• Friday, June 14, 2024
• 10am to 12pm in Shafter
• See attached for agenda and detailed directions to field site

• Root inhibitor herbicide injury in tomatoes

• Kern County Potato Variety Trial Field Day
• Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at Hart Memorial Park
• See attached for details  

• Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - Zoom Webinar
• 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
• See flyer for registration link - Continuing Education Units TBA

• Please see attached for the 2023 Kern County Potato Variety Trial results

• Please see attached newsletter regarding rainfall in the coming days

• Biological Fungicides for Managing Alternaria Leaf Blight in Organic Carrots

• Kern County Potato Variety Trial Field Day
• Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at Hart Memorial Park
• See attached for details  

• Virtual Zoom Webinar
• Tuesday, February 14 from 8 am - 12 pm
• 1.5 Hours DPR CEUs Requested
• Registration Link

• 2022 Kern County Potato Variety Field Day
• Wednesday, June 8, 2022  -  10:00am to 12:30pm
• Hart Memorial Park - Bakersfield
• See attached for details  

• Non-Fumigant Nematicides for the Control of Root-Knot Nematodes in Carrots 

• Potatoes and Glyphosate:  A Mismatch

• Monday, March 21, 2022
• Zoom Webinar: 9:00am to 11:55am
• See attached for agenda and registration links 

• Tuesday, December 14, 2021 
• 10:30am to 12:30pm, Shafter, CA
• See attached for information and directions 

• Fusarium Basal Rot in Onion and Garlic

• Sponsored by the University of California Cooperative Extension
• Monday, March 22nd - 9:00am to 11:15am - Zoom webinar
• See attached for agenda and registration link

• On the horizon:  New tools for addressing root-knot nematode challenges in California's carrot production  

• Virtual Workshop via Zoom
• Friday, January 22, 2021 - 9:00am to 11:30am
• See attached flyer for information and registration link 

• UCCE Kern Vegetable Crops Program during COVID-19
• Trials and projects this year

• Kern County 2020 Potato Variety Trial
• See attached for details -  three sub-trials in this project

• Bacterial Disease of Onions

• Vegetable Seedling Diseases

• Help us "Stop The Rot"
• Contact us for suspected bacterial disease in your onion crop

• Tuesday, March 24, 2020
• Kern Ag Pavilion - 8:00am to 1:00pm
• See agenda attached   

• California Fresh Carrot Advisory Board & UC Cooperative Extension
• 2020 Carrot Research Symposium
• Tuesday, March 24, 2020
• Kern County Ag Pavilion
• See attached flyer

• Carrot Variety Trial Field Day
• September 30, 2019 - 10:00am
• Lancaster Field Site, see attached map

• Curly top of tomatoes and peppers

• Southern Blight in vegetable crops 

• Bacterial Canker in Tomatoes

• Common Scab of Potato
• Introducing Shulamit Shroder, your new information source for CDFA grants 

• 2019 Kern County Potato Variety Trial Field Day
• Tuesday, June 11, 2019
• Hart Memorial Park - 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• See attached for details of event

• California Fresh Carrot Advisory Board & UC Cooperative Extension
• 2019 Carrot Research Symposium
• Tuesday, March 12, 2019
• Kern County Ag Pavilion
• See agenda attached

• Foliar Blights in carrots:  A perplexing issue

• Confronting the russet mites in tomatoes

• Tuesday, May 29th and Wednesday, May 30th
• UCCE Kern Office - 1031 S. Mt. Vernon Avenue, Bakersfield
• See attached for details

• 2018 Kern County Potato Variety Trial Field Day
• Wednesday, June 6, 2018
• Hart Memorial Park - 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• See attached for details of event

• California Fresh Carrot Advisory Board & UC Cooperative Extension 
• Tuesday, March 20, 2018 - Registration starts at 8:00 a.m. 
• Kern County Ag Pavilion
• Lunch provided by California Fresh Carrot Advisory Board
• See agenda for details

• Update on Evaluations of New Nematicides

• Southern Blight

• Southern Blight of Tomato Trial Field Day
• Tuesday, September 5, 2017 - starts at 10:00 am
• See attached for details and map of location (Boswell Kern Lake Ranch) 

• Nematode Trial Field Day 
• Thursday, August 17, 2017 - 10:00 am
• UC Cooperative Extension Research Farm-Mettler and Madera Avenues
• See attached for details and map of area

• 2017 Kern County Potato Variety Trial Field Day
• Tuesday, June 13, 2017  -  10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
• Hart Memorial Park
• See attached for details

• Notes from the Desk of Joe Nunez
• Tomato Nematode Trials
• Cavity Spot of Carrots
• Powdery Scab of Potatoes

2016 Kern County Potato Variety Trial Field Day

Wednesday, June 8, 2016  -  10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Hart Memorial Park

Potato Grower Meeting Dinner at Luigi's 

• 2016 Carrot Research Symposium
• Wednesday, March 16, 2016
• Kern County Ag Pavilion

• SEE ATTACHED FOR DETAILS

• Southern Blight

• Scab Diseases of Potato

• The Effects of a Wet Winter on Vegetables 

2015 Kern County Potato Variety Trial Field Day

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 - 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Hart Memorial Park

Cavity Spot vs Flea Beetle Damage in Carrots:  A Cautionary Reminder

2015 Carrot Research Symposium

Kern County Ag Pavilion

3300 East Belle Terrace, Bakersfield, CA 93307

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Joe Nunez, UCCE Farm Advisor

Alan Butterfield-Research Coordinator

Tomato Nematode Trial Field Day, Thursday, September 18, 2014

Corner of Mettler and Madera Avenues, (North of Shafter)

Centennial Celebration - Thursday, August 21, 2014 - Kern Ag Pavilion

2014 Kern County Potato Variety Trial Field Day

Thursday June 12, 2014, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm at Hart Memorial Park

2014 Farm Bill:  Conservation, Horticulture & Beginning Farmers

Farm Bill Webinar Today!  March 31, 2014 at 9:00AM pst 

2014 Carrot Research Symposium, Thursday, February 20, 2014

Kern County Ag Pavilion, 3300 East Belle Terrace, Bakersfield, CA 93307

Event starts at 7:30 a.m. through Lunch

Preliminary announcement of the 2014 Carrot Research Symposium

Kern County Ag Pavilion - 3300 East Belle Terrace, Bakersfield, CA 93307

Thursday, February 20, 2014

2013 Carrot Research Symposium

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Kern County Ag Pavillion, 3300 East Belle Terrace, Bakersfield, CA 93307 

Flea Beetle Damage being Misdiagnosed as Cavity Spot in Carrots

Almond Irrigation update article.

The 2012 Carrot Research Symposium will be held March 8th at the Kern County Ag Pavilion.