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- Olive Knot
- Black Scale
UC Pest Management Guidelines (UC Statewide IPM Project Web Site)
UC Cooperative Extension Cost and Return Studies
- 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

Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 08-23-2021

August 24, 2021

PLEASE NOTE: Due to drought conditions these stations currently have insufficient vegetative cover to provide accurate ETo data. At this time, 146 Belridge is providing the best ETo data for Kern County.

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Alfalfa & Forage News: Article

2021 Kearney Alfalfa and Forage Field Day to be held In Person 9/23/21

August 24, 2021

By Nicholas E Clark, Michelle M Leinfelder-Miles, Joy N Hollingsworth

Lunch will be served, but only pre-registered guests can be guaranteed a meal PCA AND CCA CREDITS AVAIALBLE When: September 23, 2021, from 8:00 AM to 12:15 PM Where: Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 9240 S Riverbend Ave, Parlier, CA 93648 What: A half-day of presentations, a tour,...

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Lynn Siri (far right), now UC Davis professor Lynn Kimsey, laughs with her sister, Anne, as their mother, Jean Siri, tries on a skull.

Bug Squad: Article

Amazing Story About What Entomologist Lynn Kimsey Recorded in San Francisco Bay 50 Years Ago

August 23, 2021

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

Imagine this. You're a high school junior and you want to become a marine biologist. You're influenced by Jacques Cousteau, and encouraged by your high school biology teacher. So you launch a project to collect, record and sketch the intertidal invertebrates in the San Francisco Bay.

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Kern County: Article

CDFA Programs Timeline Information

August 23, 2021

See attached for tentative CDFA timelines for the Healthy Soils Program and State Water Efficiency & Enhancement Program (SWEEP)...

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Under the Solano Sun: Article

Humble to be a Bumble

August 23, 2021

I was aghast when my neighbor walked up to me and asked, "how do I get rid of the bumble bees around my house? They might be carpenter bees and I have to get rid of them." So, it got me thinking, maybe I should do a blog about carpenter bees and bumblebees.

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This is the rough limpet, Lottia digitalis, as sketched by Lynn Siri Kimsey as a teenager working on a San Francisco Bay intertidal invertebrate project. (Illustration by Lynn Siri Kimsey)

Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Lynn Kimsey’s San Francisco Bay Research from 50 Years Ago Is Making Waves

August 23, 2021

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

UC Davis entomologist Lynn Kimsey is making waves for her newly published research on intertidal invertebrates in the San Francisco Baya high school science project from 50 years ago.

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UC Master Gardeners- Diggin' it in SLO: Article

Orchids

August 23, 2021

Bloomin' Orchids By Andrea Peck UCCE Master Gardener There is nothing like an orchid in bloom.

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Blog - Forest Research and Outreach : Article

How wildfire can create healthier forests

August 23, 2021

By Susan D Kocher

Reposted from the Berkeley News See all Berkeley Voices episodes. Berkeley News writer Kara Manke discusses a new UC Berkeley report that shows how allowing lightning fires to burn in Yosemite's Illilouette Creek Basin recreated a lost and more resilient forest ecosystem.

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The Stanislaus Sprout: Article

Spanish Fall Vegetable Gardening Class Postponed. Still Time to register for our Class in English!

August 23, 2021

By Anne E Schellman

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we are postponing our class in Spanish that was scheduled for August 24, 2021. We hope to have a new date soon. There's still time to register for our class in English on August 31 at 6:00 p.m. The class will be held outdoors in a shady spot near Harvest Hall.

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New UCCE positions process and timeline

August 23, 2021

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

I am pleased to announce that, because of the state's acknowledgement that growing the UC ANR academic footprint is of great benefit to the state, recruitment of UCCE Advisor and UCCE Specialist positions will resume.

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