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- Olive Knot
- Black Scale
UC Pest Management Guidelines (UC Statewide IPM Project Web Site)
UC Cooperative Extension Cost and Return Studies
- Almonds
  Double Line Drip Irrigation. Southern San Joaquin Valley. 2016 PDF
- Almonds
  Flood Irrigated. San Joaquin Valley North. 2011. PDF
- Almonds
  Micro-sprinkler. San Joaquin Valley North. 2016. PDF
- Olive Oil
  Super High Density. San Joaquin Valley 2007. PDF
- Olives - San Joaquin Valley. 2005 PDF
- Pecans - Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley - 2005. PDF
- Pistachios
  Low Volume Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley South. 2015. PDF
- Walnuts
  Late Leafing - Lateral Bearing. San Joaquin Valley North. 2017. PDF
- Walnuts
  Micro-Sprinkler Irrigation - San Joaquin Valley North. 2007 PDF

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California Sorghum Silage: Nutrient Composition and Fermentation Characteristics

Adapted by Jennifer Heguy - Dairy Advisor, J.P. Martins - Dairy Advisor, and Deanne Meyer, Livestock Waste Management Specialist Sorghum is a summer forage option when water is short.

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Buyer beware: Homework is Important When Reducing Methane Emissions

Adapted by Deanne Meyer, Ph.D. - UCCE Livestock Waste Management Specialist Soon the results of the second round of funding recipients for the Alternative Manure Management Program will be announced.

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Feeding Waste Milk to Calves: Reducing Antimicrobial Resistance

Adapted by Dr. Richard Pereira, Dr. Paolo Tempini, Dr.

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Considerations for a Successful Sorghum Silage Crop

Adapted by Nicholas Clark UCCE Kings, Tulare & Fresno Counties & Jennifer Heguy UCCE Merced, Stanislaus & San Joaquin Counties While wet winters have caused sorghum acreage to decrease in recent years, early projections of water deliveries indicate that sorghum planting may once again be a necessi...

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De-Pooling of Milk in the Proposed California Federal Milk Marketing Order

Adpated by Leslie J. Butler, PhD - Agricultural and Resource Economics, UCD While a final rule has not yet been issued by the USDA, it is likely that de-pooling under a California Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) would be similar to de-pooling in other FMMOs.

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Colostrum Immunoglobulin G Concentration in First and Second Milking from Multiparous Jersey Cows

Adapted by Noelia Silva del Rio, DVM, PhD, VMTRC, Tulare Providing newborn calves with adequate IgG supply from colostrum is recognized as an essential management practice in calf rearing.

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Liquid Manure Pipes Clogged? You Might Have Struvite.

Adapted by Deanne Meyer, PhD - Livestock Waste Management Specialist, UC Davis Most manure lagoons in California are anaerobic. The microbes digest manure (residual cow food). This removes some of the solids from the lagoon and generates carbon dioxide, methane, and other volatile gases.

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Improved Detection and Management Reduces Respiratory Disease in Dairy Calves

Adapted by Betsy Karle - UCCE Dairy Advisor, Northern Sacramento Valley Sharif Aly, BVSc, MPVM, PhD - UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Teaching & Research Center The problem Bovine respiratory disease (BRD) is a disease of major economic importance to the dairy industry in California and across the Unit...

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Achieving High Reproductive Performance on Dairy Herds

Adapted by J.P. Martins, PhD - UCCE Dairy Advisor, Tulare and Kings Counties Achieving high reproductive performance in high producing lactating dairy cows was once a nearly impossible task.

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$99 Million Available in 2018 for Changes in Manure Management!

Adapted by Deanne Meyer, Livestock Waste Management Specialist This year theres $50 million available to reduce methane emissions from manure. Methane can be made in situations where manure is anaerobic (no oxygen). There are two simple ways to reduce methane emissions from manure.

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