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KARE’s Laura Van Der Staay working with Tulare County fourth graders who were part of the 2017 AgVentures Day at the International Ag Center in Tulare, CA, May 12, 2017.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

KARE works with 300 Tulare County Fourth Graders at 2017 AgVentures Day!

May 17, 2017
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
KARE outreach and education leader, Laura Van Der Staay, along with UCD Cooperative Extension Cropping Systems Specialist, Jeff Mitchell, had their hands full with over 300 enthusiastic Tulare County 4th graders as part of the 2017 half-day AgVentures extravaganza that was held at the International...
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Bug Squad: Article

Like a Ballerina on the Dance Floor of Life

May 15, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Like a ballerina on the dance floor of life, a newly eclosed Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, flutters from its host plant, a sycamore tree, to a crape myrtle. The yellow-and-black butterfly spreads its wings, warming its flight muscles.
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Desert tortoise
IGIS: Article

Mapping the Mojave Desert with Drones

May 15, 2017
By Andy Lyons, Sean D Hogan
As part of our mission to test drone technology and provide mapping services to the ANR community, IGIS recently completed data collection for our largest drone mapping project to date - 3600 acres of the Mojave Desert.
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Bug Squad: Article

Kate Frey: Gardening for Bees, Beauty and Diversity

May 12, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Many mothers will receive a stunning bouquet of flowers on Sunday, Mother's Day. Others will learn how to design and plant a stunning pollinator garden so they can grow--and enjoy--their own flowers. Honey bees, bumble bees and other pollinators will appreciate it, too.
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unnamed avocado variety
Topics in Subtropics: Article

New Avocados for the Valley?

May 12, 2017
By Ben A Faber
California avocados are the best in the world. So says downtown restaurant manager Daniel Avalos in a Valley Public Radio story by reporter Ezra David Romero.
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Bug Squad: Article

Crowd-Pleasing Hamilton Will Be at Dixon May Fair

May 10, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you missed seeing Hamilton, not to worry. Hamilton will be at the 142nd annual Dixon May Fair on Friday, May 12. Not the crowd-pleasing Broadway musical, but a crowd-pleasing scorpion named Hamilton, a resident of the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology.
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Avocado Illusion

May 10, 2017
By Ben A Faber
Old crop, new crop. What's up there in the trees? Are they big enough to sell? Is there a good set for next year? These are questions every avocado grower has every year, and often all year long. What is up there in the trees is confounded by what is called the "Avocado Illusion".
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Bug Squad: Article

Bugs to the Fair: From UC Davis to the Dixon May Fair

May 9, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The theme of the 142nd annual Dixon May Fair set Thursday, May 11 through Sunday, May 14, is "Farm to Fair." But you could also say: "Bugs to Fair!" That's because the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California, Davis, will have a presence there, all in the Floriculture Building.
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