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Due to unforeseen circumstances, the webinar scheduled for April 21 has been canceled and will be rescheduled for another date. We apologize for the inconvenience.

What's a picnic without bugs? The 108th annual UC Davis Picnic Day will include scores of insect-related displays and activities sponsored by the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.

To be successful, CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE (CFHL, UCCE) community education staff require a wide variety of skills and expertise in topics ranging from community nutrition, classroom management, and growing food, to conducting needs assessments and youth and community engagement.

The Field Day "Controlling Italian Ryegrass in California Small Grains" has been postponed to Friday, April 22nd (previously a day earlier), to avoid rain. When: Friday, April 22, 2022, 8:45 to 10:45 a.m. Location: Intersection of Road 13 and Road 85 Capay, CA 95607 GPS: 38.795851, -122.

The CalFresh Healthy Living, UCCE Riverside (CFHL, UCCE) has been working with the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indian Tribe to advance policy systems and environmental change (PSE) and the health of the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla people since 2013.

Imagine my delight when I found these tiny dragons on my Helborus hybrid. They are of the order Coleoptera, and the larvae of Ladybeetles, or Ladybugs, scientifically known as Hippodamia convergens. The larvae are more voracious aphid slayers than the adult.

In April, we celebrate National Volunteer Month and Week (April 17-23), honoring all of the contributions that volunteers make in our communities.

Alternate bearing is a condition not unique to the avocado but many other crops as well. Citrus, pears, apples and apricots are just a few other crops which struggle with this problem.

by Melody Kendall From an early age growing plants from seeds has been a continual source of awe, amazement and satisfaction for me. Those tiny little bundles of life emerge into cute green sprouts and then into larger, sometimes mind bogglingly huge plants.

Jaspreet Sidhu is the UC Cooperative Extension Vegetable Crops Farm Advisor in Kern County. Glyphosate, a popular non-selective herbicide is widely used in agriculture to provide cost-effective, broad-spectrum weed control in more than 100 crops.