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In May, our Master Gardener Program participated in the annual event of ANR (Agriculture and Natural Resources) Giving Day.

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 05-30-2022" ET Report 05-30-2022 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...

I would love to have some of that beautiful chard a small voice called out as I was locking the shed at Avant Garden, where I volunteer as the garden coordinator. The sun was setting over the Carquinez Strait, the infamous Benicia wind was picking up as the temperature was quickly dropping.

YQCA In-Person Training June 11th at the Kern Ag Pavilion See attached for more information...

Governor Newsom released his May Revision budget proposal for 2022-23. Together with the funding proposed in the governor's January budget, the governor is proposing a total of $4.9 billion for the University of California. This total allocation represents a combined increase of $322.

From Page 13 of the Western Farm Press (May 2022) magazine By Lee Allen (Contributing writer) Sometimes it takes a long time for an idea to be embraced by the public. Take electric weed control, a concept first patented in 1890, yet it hadn't received much attention until a few decades ago.

I took a 4-day trip last week to help someone move across the country. Two vehicles, two drivers, 4 dogs. It is not a trip I would recommend. However, I never tire of seeing the snow-covered mountains, whether it be the Sierra, the Wasatch, or the Rockies.

Advances in Citrus Water Management Workshop - June 22, Palm Desert (Coachella Valley Water District) - Join UC Irrigation Specialists Daniele Zaccaria and Khaled Bali, Subtropical Horticulture Advisors Sonia Rios and Ben Faber, and other University of California experts for this in-person Water Man...

Organic Farming Research Foundation has published the new California Organic Research Agenda (CORA), a comprehensive report that examines current needs and challenges of organic farmers and ranchers across California and provides policy and research recommendations to address producer-identified iss...

There's a way for a bear to outsmart a fox. A teddy bear bee, that is. We just witnessed a male Valley carpenter bee, Xylocopa sonorina, aka "the teddy bear bee," buzz up to a patch of foxgloves, Digitalis purpurea. Then he engaged in the foraging behavior known as nectar-robbing.