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GreenSheet | November 18, 2025
Nov 16, 2025
To assist growers with the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule inspection process, the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Produce Safety Program has made available a recent webinar that outlines the process.
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Nov 6, 2025
The latest Statewide Avocado Acreage and Condition Analysis report, compiled by Land IQ on behalf of the California Avocado Commission, is now available online.
Nov 3, 2025
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Avocado Inspection Program has announced the avocado release dates for the 2025-26 season.
The GEM release dates have been divided into two distinct regions. The San Joaquin Valley region includes the following counties: Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tulare. The Southern and Northern Regions for GEM comprise all other counties within California. Reed dates will be available in the future.
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Nov 6, 2025
As reported earlier, the CAC General Election was cancelled — and all cast ballots will not be counted — due to ballots being returned as undeliverable by the U.S. Postal Service. On October 29 the Commission reissued new General Election ballots with different color coding to ensure only the second set of ballots are tallied.
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Oct 6, 2025
An online tool, called Avocado Support Tool, analyzes growers’ leaf analysis data and then delivers a detailed, customized and confidential report that ranks each nutrient element and its importance in impacting a site’s potential fruit yield.