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Reminder: Winter Curtailment 2022

December 21, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Similar to previous years, UC ANR units including, Research and Extension Centers, UCCE county offices, the Second Street Building in Davis and Franklin Building in Oakland will be closed from Dec. 23, 2022, through January 2, 2023, except for essential services.
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2023 CA Cherry Research Review

December 21, 2022
2023 CA Cherry Research Review Featuring presentations on annually funded research Sponsored by the California Cherry Board and the University of California When: January 17, 2023, from 8:00 AM-12:00 PM Where: San Joaquin County Agricultural Center 2101 E.
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Steve Quarles, UC Cooperative Extension advisor emeritus, looks at a garage attached to an older house in Paradise where the radiant heat from a nearby fence and line of planted vegetation ignited and were sufficiently hot enough to break the single pane glass. Photo by Yana Valachovic
Green Blog: Article

Can homes be designed to withstand wildfire?

December 21, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
[This story was originally published Oct. 4, 2021, and updated Dec. 21, 2022] In 2018, the Camp Fire destroyed nearly 19,000 structures in Northern California, including most of the town of Paradise.
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Hope Zabronsky demonstrated how soil aggregates from conventionally tilled fields compared to soil from fields using low-till or no-till farming practices.
ANR Employee News: Article

UC ANR promotes healthy soils

December 21, 2022
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
UC ANR joined the California Department of Food and Agriculture and other organizations in highlighting the benefits of soil health and biodiversity for California Healthy Soils Week 2022. During the week of Dec.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Honoring Dr. Albert Fischer

December 21, 2022
By Brad Hanson
(excerpted from an obituary prepared by Trina Kleist from the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences) Albert Fischer, a professor emeritus of weed ecophysiology in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences, was recently named recipient of the Outstanding International Achievement Award by the Interna...
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20221219 on vacation
ANR Adventures: Article

From darkness to light

December 20, 2022
By Deanne Meyer
Here we are at the winter solstice. Soon, we'll notice more daylight. In Humboldt County, lights went back on after a harrowing 6.4 magnitude earthquake at 2:34 am that shook, rattled ,and rolled and left many in darkness.
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UC Davis distinguished professor James R. Carey (left foreground) brainstorms with other organizers of AgriStars. On his right is Prince Eyango.
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

AgriStars in Cameroon: Where Agri-Dreams Can Come True

December 20, 2022
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
In the American reality television series, Shark Tank, entrepreneurs pitch their business presentations to a panel of investors or sharks. The sharks then decide whether to invest in the projects.
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