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Veterinarians in California and Oregon will soon receive honey bee education as part of a two-year $483,278 grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to principal investigator Extension apiculturist Elina Lastro Nio of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

Hello all, Please find the attached document to provide the previous weeks estimated water use report in terms of evapotranspiration for almonds, peaches, walnuts, established vineyard, alfalfa and pasture in Stanislaus County.

Los Angeles County Spring 2018 ISHB/GSOB Field Trainings Registration now open Learn how to recognize the signs of invasive shot hole borer and gold spotted oak borer infestations in native and landscape trees.

May 3, 2018 A short video showing no-till tomato transplanting into sorghum, garbanzo and cover crop residues is now available at the You Tube link - https://youtu.be/__lUEagZ8ME .

My civic duty is over. Now it's time to really focus on reviewing merit and promotion documents. With less than 50 days left between now and when I need to have them completed, I have 92 left to review.

As we continue on our thought study on what might be a successful approach to machine harvest of berries: Great little note from The Economist on the limits of AI in the physical world.

Here's why you should bee-coming to the second annual California Honey Festival, set from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 5 in downtown Woodland. Think fun, food, friends, family, and free. The honey-of-an-event--attendance is free--promises to be both entertaining and educational.

Sutter-Yuba area prune crop update, 2018 Late Harvest this year?

It's all the buzz. The second annual California Honey Festival, sponsored by the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center and the City of Woodland, will offer scores of entertainment and educational activities and food and drink from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, May 5 in downtown Woodland.