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From the Alfalfa & Forage News blog (April 29, 2022) Vetch (Vicia spp.) is growing like a weed everywhere this year, carpeting our hills with great swaths of purple flowers. What is vetch? There are several species that are commonly grown as crops, cover crops or weeds (see list at the bottom).

It's World Bee Day! How did that come about? One word: Slovenia. The Republic of Slovenia, rich in beekeeping history, asked the United Nations to proclaim an annual World Bee Day, and following a three-year international effort, the United Nations agreed to do so in December 2017.

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We are pleased to let you know that the UC system, including UC ANR, is implementing a 4.5 percent salary increase program for all eligible policy-covered staff and academics, effective July 1, 2022.

Turnout was high at the Livestock Pass training this past Tuesday. Thanks to all who attended. A common question regarding the training was if another training would be offered. Another in-person training will not be offered, however, Kern County Fire Department has approved an online course.

Can we improve our soil and manage insect pests with techniques that slow and maybe even ultimately reverse the human damage to natural resources? Practices that started innocently enough to improve and simplify food production have turned into a huge problem.

In this issue: Troubleshooting Dry Matter Results Want Alternative Manure Management Information?

I found so many things; I found a hermit crab, a starfish, a sea anemone, exclaimed a Cherryland Elementary School student, his voice trailing off as he ventured back to the tide pools to explore more.

Monitoring California red scale populations by using pheromone traps and degree days California red scale is an armored scale that attacks all citrus varieties.

Good morning. The quarterly reports this last week of two of America's best big box retailers, Walmart and Target, rocked the stock market not only for their disappointing results but also for the dim view they described of the retail environment in general.