Salinas Valley Agriculture

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Food for thought during the holidays

November 20th, 2018
By Michael D Cahn
While you are digesting your meal during the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday you might want to watch a few of the recent videos that our colleague Eric Brennan (Organic Vegetable Researcher USDA-ARS) has produced. These are entertaining as well as full of ideas to ruminate on. Enjoy! Brennan, E.B.
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Celery Irrigation Trial Field Day

September 30th, 2018
By Michael D Cahn
USDA-ARS Spence Research farm 1572 Old Stage Rd. (36.628792, -121.540791) Thursday October 18th, 9 am to 10:30 am UC Cooperative Extension will host a field day at the USDA-ARS Spence research farm to show a field trial evaluating water use in drip irrigated celery.
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Fig.1. Characteristic window panning injury from Diamondback larva feeding on a broccoli leaf.
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Dealing with Diamondback Moth

August 25th, 2018
It has been a couple of rough weeks managing the diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), in the Central Coast.
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