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JOB ANNOUNCEMENT (AP 20-06) County Location: Merced County Date Posted: April 7, 2020 Closing Date: May 31, 2020 Location Headquarters: Merced, California For more information, visit https://ucanr.

In this issue:Delayed Irrigation in WalnutsCompost may not improve orchard performanceManaging true bugs in almonds

The wonderful world of insects... Have you ever seen a syrphid, aka hover fly or flower fly, that resembles a bumble bee? Volucella bombylans is a fascinating fly that engages in identify theft. Of a bumble bee. It's a "wanna bee.

On April 8, UC President Napolitano announced that the FY 2019-20 systemwide annual performance-appraisal program for policy-covered staff will be suspended until fall 2020, in consideration of the impact of the COVID-19 situation.

It would be safe to say that tomatoes are the most popular home-grown vegetable. Any garden department or nursery this time of the year has a huge array of varieties. You can become positively confused with numerous names, sizes, and descriptions.

We're back! Here is the new issue of the 4-H Spirit full of information on upcoming 4-H events.

Here's Whitney Brim-DeForest, UC Cooperative Extension Rice Advisor, on the Out of the Blank podcast: Click here >> PODCAST From the Out of the Blank channel...

I squinted at the Romanesco head again. Yep, still purple. But the neighboring plant was the correct shade of vibrant green. What was going on? Were my plants diseased? Or going through some strange second flowering? It was none of the above.

With recent rains in many parts of California and the weather warming up, it's time once again to think about mosquito prevention and control.

Is there something in this workshop for citrus growers. Where does the Food Safety issue fall? If you want to register for April 17, click HERE not below If you want to register for April 24 click HERE not below They are different, so you might want to register for both.