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In a NAISMA blog post, Dr. Beatriz Nobua-Behrmann, Urban Forestry and Natural Resources Advisor with UC Cooperative Extension, explains how to identify infestations by invasive shothole borers and how you can protect your trees from this pest and its pathogenic fungi.

Policy Brief • May 2022CACFP Delivers Healthy Food for PreschoolersIt is important to lay the foundation for healthy eating habits early in life.1 The federal Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) provides balanced and nutritious meals to nearly 800,000 California preschoolers daily.2Nutrition…

Food Safety Update - Spring Food Safety...

I am thrilled to announce that Daniel Obrist will be joining UC ANR on Aug. 15, 2022, as the Vice Provost Academic Personnel. Daniel will initially hold a 50% appointment through the end of 2022 before assuming the role full time on Jan. 1, 2023.

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The questions come in: "Why do my fruit look like this?" Well there are often simple explanations. And often there are complex ones. But one way to start looking at a piece of fruit damage is to consult this wonder color brochure put out by UC - https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/pdf/8090.

JUST HOW DRY IS IT? It really doesn't look good out there for many western alfalfa growers. Most parts of the West are currently under 'severe, extreme, or exceptional' drought. One would think that NOAA and USDA would run out of superlatives! (how about 'excruciating'?). Figure 1.

Good morning. A bracing article out of the Business Section in today's paper on rising grower interest in the use of microbes as an alternative to delivering plant nutrients which as we all know are rising a lot in price (sorry, paywall): https://www.wsj.

Melody Kendall It has been my observation that, by nature, gardeners love new plants and because of this their gardens change and evolve each season.

Woodpeckers are well known, colorful birds often found in wooded neighborhoods and forested areas.