🌱 How a Gustine FFA student built a 700-acre harvesting business

Morning Gustine! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Gustine FFA student built a 700-acre harvesting business

Also on today's calendar: Historic Petaluma Hosts 43rd Butter & Egg Days Parade & Festival and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and cool, with a high of 74 and low of 44 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and comfortable, temps: high: 78, low: 51.
• Sunday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 81 and low of 48 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• FFA Star Conference Honors Goehring (galtherald.com) — A Gustine FFA member, Baylor Bloom, has been named California’s 2026 Star in Agribusiness for his custom almond and walnut harvesting company based in and around Gustine. The article also highlights other standout FFA students statewide, but Bloom’s Full Bloom Harvesting—servicing over 700 local acres—shows how youth-led agribusiness is directly contributing to the area’s farming economy.
   

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📸 Around Gustine

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Gustine

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Historic Petaluma Hosts 43rd Butter & Egg Days Parade & Festival
  Historic Downtown Petaluma,
  10:00 am

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Other local events

Monday April 20

• GHS Baseball @ Gustine vs RC
  Gustine High School Gustine, CA 95322
  4:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• GHS Baseball @ Gustine vs LeGrand
  Gustine High School Gustine, CA 95322
  4:00 pm
• GHS Boys Volleyball @ MC
  Gustine High School Gustine, CA 95322
  6:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• GHS Softball @ Gustine vs Waterford
  Gustine High School Gustine, CA 95322
  4:00 pm

Thursday April 23

• GHS Baseball @ LeGrand
  Gustine High School Gustine, CA 95322
  4:00 pm
• GHS Boys Volleyball @ Stoneridge
  Gustine High School Gustine, CA 95322
  6:00 pm

Friday April 24

• GHS Softball @ Gustine vs Mariposa
  Gustine High School Gustine, CA 95322
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• Livingston Wolves vs Ceres Bulldogs
  Livingston High School , 1617 Main St , Livingston
  4:00 pm

Saturday April 18

• Stanislaus County Home Improvement Show
  Stanislaus County Fairgrounds & Event Center , 900 N Broadway , Turlock
  10:00 am
• The Udder Place Line Dance Competition
  The Udder Place , 110 W Main St , Turlock
  7:00 pm

Sunday April 19

• Spring Sip & Paint
  Commonwealth Turlock , 200 W Main St , Turlock
  5:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Early Release-All Sites
  Newman-Crows Landing Unified Newman, CA 95360

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🗞 Nearby News

Newman

• Newman council to weigh updated maximum garbage rates (westsideconnect.com)

Los Banos

• Vasquez key in pair of CCC wins for Los Banos (thewestsideexpress.com)
• $540 Million in Federal Funding Announced for California Water Projects, Including Delta-Mendota Canal (losbanosenterprise.com)
• Missouri Prosecutors Charge Los Banos Substitute Teacher in Child Enticement Case (losbanosenterprise.com)

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Ok Gustine! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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