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UC Rice Blog: Article

Weed Management in 2023: what can we expect?

May 19, 2023
By Consuelo B Baez Vega, Whitney B Brim-Deforest, Taiyu Guan
Coming out of 2022, where roughly half of all California rice fields were left fallowed last year, and others may have been fallowed for two seasons, many of us have questions about what weed management will look like in 2023.
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Patch of showy milkweed. Jeanette Alosi
The Real Dirt: Article

Milkweed

May 19, 2023
Milkweed is a drought-tolerant and deer-resistant perennial plant named for its milky latex sap. It is a great host plant for many beneficial insects including Monarch butterflies, bees, beetles, and lady beetles (ladybugs).
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A velvety tree ant encounters a honey bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Bohart Museum Open House: Ants, Hissers, Sticks and More

May 18, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Come for the ants, stay for the hissers. Or come for the hissers, stay for the ants. Either way, it's all good. When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts an open house on Sunday, May 21 from 1 to 4 p.m., ants will be the main attraction, but don't forget the critters in the live "petting zoo.
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California 4-H Grown: Article

DG Colt Challenge Update

May 18, 2023
By Suzanne Morikawa
I just wanted to give a little update on the 2023 Devil's Garden (DG) Colt Challenge. We had 40 youth in 4-H and FFA enroll in the program from 18 counties all over California.
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A jumping worm on top of its coffee-ground like
castings. Photo by M. Bertone, NCSU.
Pests in the Urban Landscape: Article

Look Out for the Jumping Worm!

May 18, 2023
By Belinda Messenger-Sikes
The jumping worm, Amynthas agrestis, is an invasive earthworm capable of harming native forests that has been recently reported in some areas of California.
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Cannabis production operation with mountains in the distance
Green Blog: Article

Exploring the complexities of cannabis farming in rural areas

May 18, 2023
By Michael Hsu
Land use change in agricultural frontiers can have far-reaching social and environmental implications, such as habitat loss, water contamination, or worker demographic shifts particularly when it involves the rapid expansion of a new industry such as cannabis production.
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