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Contra Costa County Cooperative Extension: Article

Vertebrate Pest Council - Virtual Series Sept 28 - 30

September 13, 2021
Target Specialty Products Presents The Vertebrate Pest Council Virtual Workshop Dont miss this opportunity to learn about methodologies and concepts involving human-wildlife conflicts and vertebrate pest problems COST: $30.
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True armyworms.
SJC and Delta Field Crops: Article

Delta Rice Armyworm Season Wrap-up

September 13, 2021
By Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles
I have been trapping armyworms in Delta rice since 2016, in collaboration with my colleague in the Sacramento Valley, Luis Espino. Monitoring involves scouting for worm damage like leaf feeding or panicle injury and deployment of pheromone bucket traps that catch the moths.
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Roaming cattle
Food Blog: Article

California’s local meat suppliers struggle to stay in business

September 13, 2021
By Michael Hsu
UC Davis report suggests ways to build resilience The University of California, Davis, Food Systems Lab has released a white paper showing the need to support California's small and mid-scale meat suppliers and processors in order to build a more resilient meat supply chain.
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Zoom access changes on Friday, Sept. 17

September 13, 2021
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
In recent weeks, there have been availability issues for Zoom authentication through the ANR portal resulting from ANR Portal downtimes. To provide stability and uninterrupted access to Zoom, we are removing the dependency on the Portal to log into the Zoom account. On Friday, Sept. 17, at 5:00 p.m.
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An energetic honey bee heads for a cape mallow (Anisodontea sp. "Strybing Beauty"), only to find it closed. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Sorry, We're Closed? Not the California Master Beekeeper Program!

September 13, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Sorry, we're closed! What's a honey bee to do when one of her favorite flowers, cape mallow (Anisodontea sp. "Strybing Beauty") is not open for bees-ness. Well, leave it to the bee to find a way. We recently witnessed a honey bee encountering a yet-to-open flower in the early morning.
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Santa Cruz County: Article

Vegetable Judging at fair

September 13, 2021
Dear 4-H families, It is fair time! We have many vegetable judging this year at Santa Cruz and San Benito fairs. See the information for San Benito fair. The 4-H staff will be at Santa Cruz fair this week with the 4-H exhibitors, if you need help from the 4-H staff please call my cell 831-205-3180.
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