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Sugar plums. photo by Kathy Low
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Sugar Plums

August 17, 2022
When you mention sugar plums, the first thing that pops into most people's minds is Tchaikovsky's Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker, or the poem Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore and the line While visions of sugar plums danced in their heads.
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A honey bee packing pollen on a UC Davis almond tree. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Registration Now Underway for Almond Board of California Conerence

August 16, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The Almond Board of California (ABC) just announced that registration is now underway for its 50th annual Almond Conference, set Dec. 6-8 at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in downtown Sacramento. It's a gathering of folks from both the almond and bee industries and beyond.
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UC Dry Bean Blog: Article

Meeting Announcement: UC Dry Bean Field Day

August 15, 2022
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
UC Davis and UC Cooperative Extension will host the UC Dry Bean Field Day on Thursday, September 1, 2022 from 9:00am to 11:00am. The field day will begin at the Campbell Tract on the UC Davis campus, which is a different location from where it has been in recent years.
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Native bees foraging on capeweed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Foraging on Capeweed

August 15, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Honey bees and native bees love capeweed, Arctotheca calendula, also called South African capeweed, cape dandelion and cape marigold or cape gold.
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SJC and Delta Field Crops: Article

Meeting Announcement: UC Dry Bean Field Day

August 15, 2022
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
UC Davis and UC Cooperative Extension will host the UC Dry Bean Field Day on Thursday, September 1, 2022 from 9:00am to 11:00am. The field day will begin at the Campbell Tract on the UC Davis campus, which is a different location from where it has been in recent years.
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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 08-15-2022

August 15, 2022
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 08-15-2022" ET Report 08-15-2022 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...
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