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Hello Please see this article on Managing through this Drought, written by Sheila Barry, Bay Area Livestock Natural Resource Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension. She had included some very good information.

Please see the attached announcement for a Virtual Organic Wheat Field Day to be held 5/21/21 from 9-10AM.

When buildings have had low or no water use for example, during COVID-19 pandemic closures it is important to restart building plumbing systems safely.

Postdoctoral researcher Manuela Ramalho of the Corrie Moreau lab, Cornell University, will present an online seminar hosted by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology on Wednesday, May 19 on "Exploring Connections among Microbial Community, Ecology and Phylogenetic History of Ants.

Since last July, the Master Gardeners have been working diligently at the ESVC native plant demonstration garden. We have removed the huge weeds (largely bassia) that had overtaken the garden and continue to monitor the area to restrict the growth of new weeds.

I am pleased to announce that we plan to release a handful of UCCE academic positions for recruitment as soon as we know the final state of our FY2021-22 state budget.

At this time of the year, aphids can be a serious problem in the garden. But salvation can arrive in the form of ladybugs. Ladybugs are actually beetles, not bugs. And while they are sometimes called ladybirds or ladybeetles, of course they are not all female.

Throughout the pandemic, the Nutrition Policy Institute policy team, Christina Hecht and Ken Hecht, have partnered with a Stanford University research team and two San Joaquin Valley community-based organizations to help improve access to school meals.

Our program reach continues to expand. We remain a long way from having participation that reflects the population of California, but we are making progress.

Honey bee experts at UC Davis and Oregon State University (OSU) will teach a free online bee biology course aimed at training veterinarians in their new role in supporting beekeepers and maintaining the health of bee colonies.