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This week is Healthy Soils Week! Celebrate by joining us for a FREE Garden Talk online at 7PM *tonight*. Healthy soils have better water retention and filtration, and that's what our Garden Talk is about: Water capture and water-wise home gardening! Registration is required: Click on the date (Dec.

In this Issue: Moonlight Reflected Invasive Pests and Diseases BotLat: Winter interest revisited Nevada County Demonstration Garden News All-Star: Toyon Pruning Citrus Hotline FAQs: Winter Bloom, What to do about Moss Deciding to Keep or Remove an Old Tree Events and Workshops HAPPY HOLIDAYS!...

From 2019-2021, we conducted trials to evaluate the efficacy of a new herbicide product called Loyant (florpyrauxifen-benzyl; group 4 herbicide; Corteva Agriscience) in Delta drill-seeded rice. Loyant is registered in rice growing states in the southern US but would be a new chemistry in California.

Stabilizing Flexible Work Agreements confirming our new normal For those of you who have not already done so, the time is coming to stabilize your long-term flexible work plans.

Over the last ten years or so, I've had the opportunity to help teach farm and ranch business planning courses (first, as a collaborating producer; more recently, as an extension advisor).

Spotted: A lady beetle (aka ladybug) feasting on aphids in her winter wonderland. It dines uninterrupted until it sees the shadow of what could be a predator. Swoosh! It quickly slips beneath a strawberry leaf and remains there, hidden and silent until the photographer leaves.

Hello 4-H members and leaders, We are excited to announce the opportunity to enter a lottery to show a steer at Monterey Fair in 2022. Deadline to enter the lottery is December 31st! See attached flier for details.

Hello 4-H members and leaders, We are excited to announce the opportunity to enter a lottery to show a steer at Monterey Fair in 2022. Deadline to enter the lottery is December 31st! See attached flier for details.

Researchers at Public Health Foundation Enterprise-WIC in partnership with the University of California Nutrition Policy Institute released a policy brief showing results of an increase in over $50 million across California on fruits and vegetables purchased by California families enrolled in WIC fr...