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Central Sierra Livestock & Natural Resources: Article

October 2020 newsletter

October 6, 2020
In this issue: A Rancher's Fire Safe Council for the Foothills More on Blue Oaks Wildfire Ash on Forage and in Stock Water Round 2: More Public Safety Power Shut-offs Livestock Protection Tools - Operation Size Matters! October Webinars Podcast & Social Media...
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UCCE forestry advisor Michael Jones.
ANR News Blog: Article

California must become a fire-adapted civilization, UCCE expert says

October 6, 2020
By Jeannette Warnert
The vast California acreage burned in 2020 and the protracted smoky skies should signal state residents and officials to adapt to a new reality, reported Ezra David Romero on Capital Public Radio. The 4 million acres of wildland burned this year isn't unprecedented. Before 1800, 4.
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photos by Aysha Huerta
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Let Go and Let Garden

October 6, 2020
It seems safe to say that 2020 did not turn out to be the year of perfect vision that I had joyfully anticipated. I started my garden in early spring with all the hope of this being my most productive year and it seemed like everything I had put the most energy into did the worst.
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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 10-05-2020

October 6, 2020
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 10-05-2020" ET Report 10-05-2020 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...
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Close up photo of blackish sooty mold covers a branch of green pomegranate leaves and some pomegranate fruit.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Finding Soot Afoot? It Could be Sooty Mold

October 6, 2020
By Belinda Messenger-Sikes, Karey Windbiel-Rojas
Sooty mold is a black fungal growth that looks like a layer of soot covering the leaves of a plant or a sidewalk. The aptly named disease is common in gardens and landscapes, appearing wherever a large infestation of plant-sucking insects are found.
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SUPPRESS® herbicide applied in test plots on weedy rice (2020).
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

SUPPRESS® Herbicide for use in Rice Weed Control

October 6, 2020
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
SUPPRESS herbicide EC, a product manufactured by Westbridge Agricultural Products, was registered in California in 2015. Its active ingredients are Caprylic Acid and Capric Acid. It is registered for use in organic production, and it is labeled for use in agricultural food and non-food crops.
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Fuyu persimmon
Food Blog: Article

Preserving persimmons

October 6, 2020
By Susan Mosbacher
If you have a mature persimmon tree, you know it produces more fruit than you can consume fresh. But the good news is that there are ways to preserve them. You can freeze them, dry them, or turn them into jam.
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These are the larvae that Myfany Turpin of the University of Sydney will discuss at a virtual seminar to the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
Bug Squad: Article

Myfany Turpin: Virtual Seminar on 'Grub's Up

October 5, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Grub's up! Grub? Food? Yes, think specifically of insect larvae. Myfany Turpin of the University of Sydney will speak on "Grub's Up! The Category of Edible Insect Larvae in Central Australian Aboriginal Languages" at the UC Davis Entomology and Nematology's virtual seminar at 4:10 p.m.
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photos by Sally Thompson
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Historic Trees of Mare Island, Vallejo – Alden Park Tree Tour

October 5, 2020
I don't think serendipity is actually the right word for this situation, but let's just go with serendipity, because right when I needed it, I found a lovely, historic, COVID-friendly stroll that assisted me in learning some botanical and common names of several trees.
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