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Topics in Subtropics: Article

California Ag Statistics for Review

February 17, 2017
By Ben A Faber
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has released the 2015-2016 California Agricultural Statistics Review. The Review provides an overview of the state's agricultural statistics and weather highlights, as well as county-specific and crop-specific data.
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UC Davis Researcher: What Repellents and Doses Are Best to Prevent Zika Virus

February 16, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you're traveling toor living in--a Zika virus-infested area, it's far better to use DEET rather than Picaridin and to use higher, rather than lower, doses of DEET because lower doses do not work well with older mosquitoes, newly published research from the University of California, Davis and Reci...
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UC Davis Puts the 'Bio' in Biodiversity Museum Day

February 15, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
"Bio" means "life" or "living things," and that's just what you'll see on Saturday, Feb. 18 at the sixth annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. You'll see plenty of life and previous life, from bugs to bones--that is, from walking sticks to dinosaur bones.
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Goats showing food preferences.
Livestock & Range: Article

Sheep and Goat Producer Survey

February 15, 2017
By Devii R Rao
Do you have sheep and/or goats? Are you interested in learning about small ruminant nutrition, disease prevention, the new veterinary feed directive, or using sheep and goats to manage weeds and fire fuels?
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Flowmeters? You Need One.

February 15, 2017
By Ben A Faber
At a recent CA Avocado Society meeting there was a discussion about bout flowmeters and their selection.
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Valentine's Day: Looking for a Suitor?

February 14, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
On Valentine's Day, it's inaccurate to say that "everything is coming up roses." Not everything. Think jumping spiders on flowers. They come up, too. Take that jumping spider (family Salticidae) perched on a red trumpetlike vine at the Benicia Marina, Solano County. It was not alone.
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A 'Lady' in the Rosemary

February 13, 2017
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
There she was--a gorgeous orange-and-black butterfly sipping nectar from a rosemary bush near the Glen Cove Marina, Vallejo. She seemed so out of place and out of season. It was Sunday morning, Feb.
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