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Colusa County: Article

Colusa/Yolo Rice Briefs - January 2024

January 22, 2024
2023 UC Rice Variety Trial Results Choosing Medium Grain Varieties New Rice Herbicide: Cliffhanger New Rice Weed: White Water Fire Rice Seed Midge Insecticide Trials Evaluating Losses from Stem Rot New Rice Farming Systems Advisor for Colusa and Yolo Counties Survey: Challenges and Opportunities for...
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Salinas Valley Agriculture: Article

2024 Irrigation and Nutrient Management Meeting

January 22, 2024
By Michael D Cahn
2024 Irrigation and Nutrient Management Meeting Tuesday, February 20 7:55 am to 1:30 pm Habr traduccin al Espaol Registration Link: 7:30 Sign-in and refreshments 7:55 Introduction 8:00 Managing runoff during the growing season and winter.
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Blueberry buds.
Under the Solano Sun: Article

The Winter Garden Tour

January 22, 2024
Although I appreciate the rain, the grey, chilly, damp days of December and January were tedious this winter. From the warmth of my kitchen, I watched the Oxalis and other weeds sprouting, but the ground always seemed too wet and the temperatures too chilly to go outside and pull them.
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Bohart Museum of Entomology set out instructions on how to make a paper mache wasp nest. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Social Wasps Are Great Artists and Architects, But So Are....

January 22, 2024
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
When it comes to building nests, social wasps are great artists and architects. But so were the participants in the family arts-and-crafts activity at the Bohart Museum of Entomology open house on social wasps, held Saturday, Jan.
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Deborah Golino
ANR Employee News: Article

In memoriam: Deborah Golino

January 22, 2024
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Golino remembered for guiding evolution of Foundation Plant Services and advocating for the use of clean plants Deborah Golino, former director of Foundation Plant Services in the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, passed away on Dec. 23, 2023.
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UC Cooperative Extension Imperial County: Article

Vegetable Production & IPM Workshop Agenda

January 22, 2024
Attached is the Agenda for the Vegetable Production & IPM Workshop to be held on February 28, 2024. There is a registration link at the top. This will be done via Zoom.
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Cattle grazing
Green Blog: Article

Fighting fire with feeding

January 22, 2024
By Michael Hsu
California's cattle ranchers contribute a significant amount to the region's culture, economy and food supply, but do they also inadvertently help to temper the wildfires that have been plaguing the state? And if so, is it a better alternative environmentally speaking to letting grasslands burn?
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Topics in Subtropics: Article

Organic Tips

January 22, 2024
By Ben A Faber
Furrow Cover Cropping to Reduce Runoff, Soil Erosion and Weeds ORGANIC SEMINAR SERIES LUNCH TIME TUESDAY January 23, 2024 12:00 - 1:00 PM VIA ZOOM ZOOM MEETING LINK ISHERE The presentation will be recorded. Discussion and questions and answers will be removed from posted recordings.
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