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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

Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, with his screensaver, an image he took of Franklin's bumble bee. He passed June 7. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Bug Squad: Article

Franklin's Bumble Bee May Be Protected: A Legacy of Robbin Thorp

August 13, 2019

By Kathy Keatley Garvey

The late Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, and a global authority on bees, worked tirelessly to try to include Franklin's bumble bee (Bombus franklini) as an endangered species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA).

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Join us for the Dry Bean Field Meeting--This Friday at UC Davis

August 13, 2019

By Sarah E Light

Dry Bean Field Meeting UC Davis Friday, August 16, 2019, 10 am- 12:00 pm UC Davis Agronomy Farm Directions to the UC Davis Plant Sciences Field Facility:Note: this is a different location from previous years:From Hwy 113 in Davis, exit on Hutchison Drive.

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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 08-12-2019

August 13, 2019

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 08-12-2019" ET Report 08-12-2019 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...

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Almond spray research funds offered by Almond Board and UC ANR

August 13, 2019

By Pamela S Kan-Rice

In partnership with the Almond Board of California, UC ANR requests proposals to fund research aimed at improving spray application practices in almonds. Up to $70,000 is available to fund one or more proposals.

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Livestock & Range: Article

Cows Needed for Antimicrobial Study on August 29

August 13, 2019

By Devii R Rao

Gaby Maier is the UCCE Specialist for Beef Cattle Herd Health and Production at UC Davis . She is conducting a study looking at antimicrobial resistance in bacteria in the feces of mother cows and unweaned calves.

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Listen To “How to Pick the Right Pruning Tool for the Job” On In The Garden Radio

August 13, 2019

Big, small, woody, herbaceous. So it takes a variety of tools to get the job done. Sally sat down with Phillip Rogers of Corona Tools to talk about the types of tools - bypass pruners, loppers, saws, etc. - needed for any task.

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Caladium: easy-grow summer-bloom tuber

August 13, 2019

Looking to add summer color to a flower pot, window box, hanging basket or along a shaded walkway? Consider planting Palladium tubers in the spring.

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Cooperative Extension Ventura County: Article

Volume 28, Issue 1

August 13, 2019

Interim Sabbatical Report Arid land plants that may have horticultural value in California Meeting: Trees of the Chiricahua Mountains Biology, Ecology and Drought Adaptations.

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Nutrition News in the Butte Cluster: Article

UCCE Partners with Kiwanis Early Risers Club of Yuba City to Offer Mobile Kitchens to Sutter County Teachers

August 13, 2019

We are so excited to announce our partnership with the Kiwanis Early Riser Club of Yuba City. This partnership will allow us to provide six special education classroom teachers with mobile kitchens to help with integrating important life skills into their daily curriculum.

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Desert Research and Extension Center Feedlot, Imperial California

Climate Smart Agriculture: Article

A Regional Perspective: “Alternative” Manure Management or Business As Usual in Imperial County, California

August 13, 2019

By Kristian M Salgado-Jacobo

You know you have reached the Imperial Valley, located on the southeastern bottom corner of California, when you begin to smell (not carne asada, but you're close) the distinct aroma of cow manure.

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