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Find YOUR Soil

February 6, 2023
By Ben A Faber
Soils vary across a landscape according to soil-forming factors present in a particular location. To help those involved in land management and planning, the U.S. Department of Agriculture launched the National Soil Survey in 1899 to systematically map changes in soils across the country.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

CWSS 2023 Student Winners!

February 6, 2023
By Thomas J Getts
In the middle of January, the California Weed Science Society celebrated its 75th anniversary with a meeting in Monterey, California. We had a good number of attendees with nearly 550 people registering and attending our conference. There were lots of great presentations made during the sessions.
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February is a Good Time to Plant Onions

February 6, 2023
By Help Desk Team
If you've been frustrated when growing onions because the plants produce flower stalks instead of bulbs, it is time to try again. In our Contra Costa County climate, when onions are started in the fall, it is not unusual for them to flower the following spring.
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Spill the Beans: Article

Growing Cerinthe major

February 6, 2023
by Rainer Hoenicke While perusing the aisles at a nursery a few years back, I noticed a two-foot tall honeywort (Cerinthe major purpurescens'), growing in a large container. It was in full bloom in the middle of February when hardly anything else was.
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ANR Adventures: Article

Beginnings

February 6, 2023
By Deanne Meyer
Last week was an exciting week in ANR. We welcomed David Gonzalves as our new Area Director for Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties. David has worked for Tuolumne and Merced Counties as well as UC Merced. He brings his agricultural roots and administrative expertise to UC ANR.
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Nutrition Policy Institute News: Article

Affiliated Nutrition Policy Institute researcher Lauren Au weighs in on proposed new USDA school nutrition standards in CNN and The New York Times

February 4, 2023
By Danielle Lee, Lorrene D Ritchie
In a recent CNN article, Lauren Au, Assistant Professor at the University of California, Davis in the Department of Nutrition and an affiliated researcher with the Nutrition Policy Institute, shared her thoughts on the proposed changes to school nutrition standards.
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Napa Master Gardener Column: Article

You may delay, but weeds will not!

February 4, 2023
Procrastination is rarely one's friend, but never is this truer than when dealing with weeds. Some gardeners say, breezily, that a weed is simply a plant in the wrong place. I say that it is something that you didn't plant and don't want.
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