Archive Nut, Prune and Olive Programs

We published a blog post last year stressing the need to control winter weeds and felt it necessary to issue this information again this winter as we cannot let down our guard regarding reducing host plants for impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV).

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are offering a wide variety of new and encore Public Education Workshops this season. Some will be held in person; others will be offered on Zoom.

No contest, no winner, no beer?

January 20, 2022 Undergraduate student, Jennifer Valdez-Herrera, took home the first prize award in this year's student poster competition of the California Weed Science Society that was held January 19th - 21st at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Sacramento, CA.

January 20, 2022 Year 5 of a major cover crop roller crimper study is underway on the Fresno State campus in the school's center pivot field under the monitoring supervision of Dr.

Reposted from UC ANR news What does a resilient forest look like in California's Sierra Nevada? A lot fewer trees than we're used to, according to a study of frequent-fire forests from the University of California, Davis.

The Zoom link will be the same each week. No preregistration required. Meeting link: https://ucanr.zoom.us/j/97511217168?pwd=ZWVhVXorcFEzRHUwQ0Q0L1lqaHNWdz09 *The presentation (not the Q and A discussion) will be recorded and made available.

Enlace del seminario: https://ucanr.zoom.

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is the third-largest USDA nutrition assistance program, providing nutrition education and benefits for buying nutritious food for mothers and families with children up to age five with low income.

In May 2020 UCCE San Benito County, in partnership with the Resources Conservation District of Monterey County, was awarded a $379,000 CAL FIRE Fire Prevention Grant to develop a prescribed burn association covering San Benito, Monterey, and Santa Cruz counties.