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- 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

Colusa County: Article

August 2023

August 4, 2023

I am not sure this was emailed. I apologize if you received it twice.

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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Disadvantaged communities were disproportionately affected by reductions in health programming during the COVID-19 pandemic

August 4, 2023

By Danielle Lee, Carolyn D Rider

A recent study examined changes in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education programming by California's local health departments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Local health department SNAP-Ed programs comprise California's largest obesity prevention program.

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Courtesy notice regarding annual systemwide payroll disclosure

August 4, 2023

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

Dear colleagues: As part of the university's commitment to transparency and public accountability, including the way it compensates faculty and staff, UC is conducting its annual disclosure of systemwide employee compensation for calendar year 2022.

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Colusa County: Article

August 2023

August 4, 2023

Ornamental Plant of the Month Asparagus densiflorus Myerii Gardens I Have Visited Butchart Gardens Edible Plant of the Month Cauliflower Recipe of the Month Tajin BBQ Chicken Garden Guide Safety Notes Open Garden & Winter Garden Workshop Saturday August 26, 10 to 11 am Donna Critchfield Demonstratio...

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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Goat Head Control

August 4, 2023

By Ben A Faber

As a kid it was pretty common to get flat tires on the bike from puncturevine seed heads. Those spikes would also pierce the soles of tennis shoes and hobble me until I got a pair of needle nose pliers to pull the spike out of the shoe. NOW HEAR! There are some solutions to this terrible menace.

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The dried flowers of sulfer-flowered buckwheat. Jeanette Alosi

The Real Dirt: Article

High Summer in the Native Plant Garden

August 4, 2023

We Californians understand the concept of summer dormancy: Those hills aren't brown, they're beautifully golden! We know that the cycle of seasons plays out a bit more dramatically across our hot, dry countryside than in locales where the landscape might stay predictably green throughout the summer.

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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Juplots (July Pluots)

August 4, 2023

Just too many to eat! It's July and thepluot tree is an explosion of purple fruit! Everywhere there arepluots ready to pick.Omigosh so many precious purple gems.

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UC Master Gardeners of San Mateo & San Francisco Counties: Article

A Lot at Stake: Stewarding Urban Trees On The California Coast

August 3, 2023

I think that I shall never see/ A poem as lovely as a tree, wrote the poet, Joyce Kilmer. The mere sight of a strong, graceful tree inspires poetry, offers peace for the soul, and provides welcome sanctuary.

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Subtropical Fruit Crops Research & Education: Article

Summer 2023

August 3, 2023

Click here to read this issue of the Topics in Subtropics newsletter.

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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

Topics in Subtropics Volume 23 Summer 2023

August 3, 2023

In this issue: Avocado Production in the World: Observations of production and consumption growth USDA-APHIS Approves New Fuller Rose Beetle Mitigation a Voluntary Option to Reduce Pesticide Applications DONTs Suggestions for Citrus and Avocado Growers and Others California Efforts to Control Citr...

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