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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

First Day of Spring Fun

March 20, 2014
Greetings all. I'll get back to some serious posts, soon. However, I thought I would celebrate the turning of the seasons with song. Nerdy songs. Songs only a scientist could love. FYI, some of these come with annoying commercials that you need to skip...Enjoy.
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Herbicide resistant weeds in your neighborhood

March 20, 2014
By Gale Perez
From the Topics in Subtropics blog :: July 5, 2013 It is not always easy to kill weeds with herbicides for several reasons, but if you apply the right material at the right time to susceptible weeds you expect control. But you should never assume it, because resistant weeds rely on this assumption.
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White House Launches new Climate Data Initiative...

March 20, 2014
By Maggi Kelly
We are in the lovely Indian Treaty room.And we were there! Kevin and I went to the White House (here is photographic proof.) The Presidents Climate Data Initiative was launched March 18th with the tagline: Empowering Americas Communities to Prepare for the Effects of Climate Change.
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Barbara Allen-Diaz, vice president of UC ANR, "talks bees" with Bill Lewis, president of the California State Beekeepers' Association. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Buzz on California Agriculture Day

March 19, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The bees weren't all that buzzed at the 2014 California Agriculture Day, celebrated today (March 19) on the west lawn of the California State Capitol. The California State Beekeepers' Association (CSBA) and the Sacramento Area Beekeepers' Association (SABA) staffed a beekeeping booth from 10 a.m.
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Bee hives nestled in a field of green and yellow (mustard) along Highway 12, Napa. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Wearing of the Green--and the Yellow

March 17, 2014
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
St. Patrick's Day is the "wearing of the green," but it's also the "wearing of the yellow." Wild mustard, that is. If you drive through the hills of Napa, around St.
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18th annual winter conference of No-Till on the Plains in Salina, Kan.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

CASI participation in national conferences in 2014

March 17, 2014
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
Members of Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation center participated in four national conferences in January and February, 2014. Following are summaries of the events and take-home messages most relevant to improving California farming systems. 2014 Empire State Producers Expo Syracuse, N.Y.
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