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Passion Fruit proceedings
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Passionfruit Production in the US

August 15, 2022
By Ben A Faber
The papers and discussion from the recent Passionfruit Conference in Florida is now available. Check it out It covers the gamut of planted acreage, marketing, disease and pest management and its future as a crop, not just in California, but Florida, Hawaii, South Carolina and other states.
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building and pavement
Spill the Beans: Article

The Heat Island Effect

August 15, 2022
by Maureen Jett Heat Island Effect is a man-made phenomenon in which air temperatures and surface temperatures are higher in urban areas than in the surrounding rural settings.
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Photo 2. Central growing point of purslane burned by lasers in a high density planting of spinach.
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Advances continue in automated weeders

August 14, 2022
By Richard F Smith
There have been significant developments in automated weeder technology in the past several years. A quick perusal of automated weeders on YouTube reveals many machines developed in diverse parts of the world.
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A syrphid fly foraging on a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii, in a Vacaville garden. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

It's Friday Fly Day!

August 12, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It's Friday Fly Day! And what better day than a Friday to post an image of a syrphid fly nectaring on a tower of jewels, Echium wildpretii? We all need "pretty" in our lives.
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Pink blossoms of statice flowers.
The Backyard Gardener: Article

My 2022 Miracle Plants

August 12, 2022
Amidst all the failures that I have experienced in this, the most challenging of growing years in the high desert, I have one flowering plant that I can only describe as a miracle plant.
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San Benito County: Article

San Benito 4-H Fair t-shirts & sweatshirts fundraiser

August 12, 2022
Hi Everyone, This year we have designed t-shirts and sweatshirts for exhibitors and their families to purchase for the 2022 San Benito County Fair. You can order your sweatshirt and/or t-shirt at the 4-H Open House event on Saturday, August 13th at the enrollment station. We have order forms.
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UCCE Livestock & Range Topics: Article

New Organic Livestock Rules Proposed

August 12, 2022
By John Harper
For producers doing organic livestock: USDA/AMS Proposing New Organic Livestock Regulations The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service proposes to amend the organic livestock and poultry production requirements by adding new provisions for livestock handling and tra...
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