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UCCE in the County of San Luis Obispo: Article

Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Fall Workshop- October 17,2024

September 18, 2024
Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Fall Workshop - October 17, 2024 at Cal Poly Join UC Cooperative Extension and Cal Poly for the Central Coast Rangeland Coalition Fall Workshop Date/Time: Thursday, October 17, 2024, 8:30 am 4:30 pm Location: Cal Poly Beef Center Pennington Road, San Luis Obispo, C...
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A female monarch nectaring on Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotunifola, in a Vacaville garden at noon, Sept. 17, 2024. At left is a territorial male longhorned bee, probably Melissodes agilis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Monarch Kind of Day

September 17, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What we've been waiting for all season... A migratory monarch butterfly fluttered into our Vacaville garden at noon today (Tuesday, Sept. 17) and nectared on a Mexican sunflower, Tithonia rotundifola. Then she treated us to a butterfly ballet.
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Avocado Lace Bug Spreads

September 17, 2024
By Ben A Faber
There has been a recent expansion of Avocado Lace Bug into parts of the Carpinteria area. It was more or less located in the San Diego coastal area. It spreads mainly with people....... Read about it at the UC-IPM website and the observations of Mark Hoddle, IPM Specialist at UC Riverside.
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Jackie Atim discussing sorghum trials

2024 Kearney Field Crops, Alfalfa and Forage Field Day

September 17, 2024
By Ryan D Puckett
Friday, September 13 brought growers, students and researchers to the Kearney Ag Center to obtain CEU's and learn about forage related research projects at the station as well as off the station in adjacent counties.
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Dan Macon standing in front of a flock of sheep.
Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Headed South on Highway 49

September 17, 2024
By Daniel K Macon
Writing my last blog post as the Livestock and Natural Resources Advisor for Placer, Nevada, Sutter, and Yuba Counties is bittersweet. When I became the advisor in 2017 (filling Roger Ingram's enormous shoes), I assumed I would stay in this job until I retired. Life had other plans for me.
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