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Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 06-17-2019

June 19, 2019
Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 06-17-2019" ET Report 06-17-2019 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...
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UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura County: Article

Cover Crops. A Love Story.

June 19, 2019
I love cover crops. I really do. No, I don't think they are the solution to everything or that they work magic in every scenario. But for the scenarios they work in, they are marvelous. Why are these plantings so interesting, you ask? Well, let me tell you about my love interest with cover crops.
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Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, nectaring on verbena in the Kate Frey Pollinator Garden, Sonoma Cornerstone. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Case of Survival of the Flittest

June 18, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you visit the Kate Frey Pollinator Garden at Sonoma Cornerstone--and you should, especially during National Pollinator Week--you'll see honey bees, bumble bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, among other pollinators.
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Join Us For “Mosquito Control at Home” On In The Garden Radio

June 18, 2019
That's why it's extremely important to pay attention to areas around your home that become breeding grounds for the pests. Learn about where those places are likely to be and how to protect you, your family, and neighbors from all the different mosquitoes we have here in Orange County.
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ESPM experts can lead on carbon dioxide removal

June 18, 2019
By Susan D Kocher
Reprinted from ESPM news In the May edition of California Agriculture, Daniel Sanchez and Whendee Silver discuss challenges and new carbon dioxide removal technologies: Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies, also known as negative emissions technologies, appear critical to achieving California's...
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

The science of DRAAWP on display

June 18, 2019
By Guy Kyser
The Delta Region Areawide Aquatic Weed Program has been focusing science and the application of science onto the management of invasive aquatic weeds such as water hyacinth, Brazilian egeria, and water primrose in the Delta.
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The California's 2019 wildfire season takes off

June 18, 2019
By Susan D Kocher
Reprinted from the UCANR News As California grappled with a record-breaking heatwave last week and 236 wildfires, officials are bracing for the worst, reported Maanvi Singh in the Guardian.
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