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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Lundy named agronomy advisor

July 3, 2013
By Gale Perez
Mark Lundy has joined UCCE as the agronomy advisor in Colusa, Sutter and Yuba counties, effective June 28. He will focus on forage crops, wheat, safflower, processing tomatoes, dry beans, corn, and hybrid seed crops.
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UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

UCCE Vineyard Weed Control Field Meeting - July 17, 2013 - American Canyon

July 3, 2013
By Brad Hanson
Another link to a University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Field Day. Weed Science Farm Advisor John Roncoroni (Napa and surrounding counties) will be show and discuss the results of a wine grape herbicide trial at Hess Vineyards near American Canyon CA on July 17th.
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A West Coast Lady at the Berkeley Marina. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

An Admiral at the Marina

July 2, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
There's nothing like seeing an admiral at a marina. That would be the Red Admiral butterfly, Vanessa atalanta, at the Berkeley marina. It's often very common in the urban Bay Area, says butterfly expert Art Shapiro, professor of evolution and ecology at the University of California, Davis.
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Conservation Agriculture: Article

Travels along Elkhorn Avenue

July 2, 2013
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
For the past 20 years, I have taken Elkhorn Avenue just about every day from my home in Kingsburg out west to the small town of Five Points where I work.
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CASI team discussion with members of the UC Davis Agricultural Sustainability Institute.
Conservation Agriculture: Article

CASI representatives visit with ASI and ANR in Davis

July 2, 2013
By Jeffrey P Mitchell
Nine representatives of the Conservation Agriculture Systems Innovation (CASI) Center recently met with leaders of two important University of California groups on the UC Davis campus to introduce CASI initiatives and to seek closer collaboration between CASI and these partner UC groups.
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Crab spider with its kill, a cabbage white butterly. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

A Bad Day for a Butterfly

July 1, 2013
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
It was a bad day for a butterfly. We stopped by the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden, part of the UC Davis Arboretum, at noon today as triple-digit temperatures climbed to a scorching 103.
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