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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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Join Us for a Morning of Nature Restoration: Volunteer at Monarch Nature Trail

March 25, 2024

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Yellow and black bumble bee on a purple flower.

The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Precious Pollinators

March 25, 2024

By Anne E Schellman

Do all bees live in hives? If asked, many people would say yes. You might be surprised to learn only honeybees and bumblebees are social and live in hives. The rest are solitary, with seventy percent living in the ground! Bees are pollinators.

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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 03-25-2024

March 25, 2024

Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How to Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 03-25-2024" ET Report 03-25-2024 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...

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A fruit fly, Neotephritis finalis, peers up at a gray hairstreak butterfly, Strymon melinus, in a bed of Coreopsis. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug Squad: Article

Presenting: A Butterfly and a Fly

March 25, 2024

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

A gray butterfly and a fruit fly... Each has "fly" in its name but one is a member of the order Lepidoptera and the other, order Diptera. Etymology does not agree with entomology.

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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

Spring 2024 Workshops!

March 25, 2024

By Daniel K Macon

We have several outstanding workshops coming up in the next three weeks! Contact me at dmacon@ucanr.edu or (530) 889-7385 for more information! Livestock Health & Wildfire Webinar (Thursday, March 28 - 6:00pm-7:30pm) - Virtual: Join Extension Veterinarians Dr. Gaby Maier, Dr. Rosie Busch, and Dr.

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Santa Cruz Forests Update: Article

Ceanothus in the 2020 CZU Lightning Complex Burn Footprint

March 25, 2024

By Brian Woodward

Whether you've been hiking or driving through the CZU Fire burn footprint in the Santa Cruz Mountains, you might have noticed that the understory of the coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forests look quite different from how they did before the fire.

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Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center

ANR Employee News: Article

Sierra Foothill REC seeks research proposals

March 25, 2024

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

The UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center (SFREC) is soliciting proposals April 1 May 17, 2024, to support new and continuing research on rangeland and oak woodland ecology and management, beef cattle health, production and management, as well as related agricultural and natural resource...

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Survey request re on-farm wildflower strips and conservation measures

March 25, 2024

By Brad Hanson

A colleague and a graduate student at Cornell University are conducting a survey to assess grower attitudes towards establishing wildflower strips as part of conservation programs and asked me to share the survey link to broaden the response to include California growers.

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Annual report from USDA Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Unit in CA

March 25, 2024

By Brad Hanson

The USDA Agricultural Research Service's Invasive Species and Pollinator Health research unit recently shared their annual activities report.

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Keep your Garden Healthy as it Kicks into High Gear - April Garden Tips

March 25, 2024

By Barbra Braaten

As April unfolds, California gardeners eagerly anticipate the season's lush beauty. With frost receding into memory and temperatures climbing, it's time to welcome a fresh wave of blossoms and produce.

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