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A newly created, unveiled banner for the Bohart Museum of Entomology's 75th anniversary drew "oohs" and "aahs" when the Bohart Museum Society hosted a Halloween party last Saturday on the UC Davis campus.

The countdown has begun...GivingTuesday is just four weeks away. Mark your calendars for November 30. We know how important this giving day is to raising support for your work. To get started, register your participation in ANR's GivingTuesday campaign before Nov. 1 at https://surveys.ucanr.

UC Cooperative Extension specialists based at UC Davis and UC Riverside can now identify themselves as a Professor of Cooperative Extension as well as UCCE specialist. Adoption of the new working title is underway at UC Berkeley.

2021 Pest Management Meeting Sponsors: UCCE, Monterey; CSUMB; USDA-ARS, Salinas; Monterey County Agricultural Commissioner Thursday, November 18 Spreckels Veteran's Memorial Building 7:50 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

This is a duplicate newsletter. I was finally able to upload it on the website like I normally do. Everyone received a copy through their email last week.

A new caterpillar pest was found infesting alfalfa fields in Imperial County. It was first observed in mid-September when pest control advisers brought it to our attention (Apurba Barman and Jon Palumbo). This pest has not been previously observed in low desert.

UC Cooperative Extension and UC Davis will host a Healthy Soils Program Workshop on compost. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 3rd from 9:00am to 12:30pm. The meeting will take place at Rominger Brothers Farm (28800 Co Rd 29, Winters, CA).

Parents play an important role in influencing what their kids eat and drink.

Interesting article popped up in yesterday's Wall Street Journal that might be of interest to local strawberry growers. https://www.wsj.

POSITION Area IPM Advisor Applied Research and Extension Northern Sacramento Valley (Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, and Tehama counties) POSITION OVERVIEW The University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR), a statewide program with local development and delivery, is seekin...