If your company does residential landscape pest control, your employees should be trained to know what to do when they encounter a vegetable garden, or fruit or nut trees in a yard (Figure 1).
Was listening to music the other day the song War what is it good forabsolutely nothingcame on and it made me think of clay what is it good for. Living in Fairfield you can probably guess the type of soil I have, CLAY. So if you have clay soil like I do, things aren't all bad.
Partnering for California The COVID-19 pandemic hit farmers hard. Supply chains were disrupted and even non-traditional agritourism revenue streams such as hay mazes and on-farm events had to be canceled due to shelter-in-place mandates.
Rice Pest Management Course (in-person event) Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 Hamilton Road Field and CA Rice Experiment Station, Biggs, CA Approved for DPR and CCA continuing education units. Online registration closes 9/7/2021. Walk-ins accepted if space is available.
Aaron Alvarez, a Master's student in Kassim Al-Khatib's Lab at UC Davis, is the recipient of the 2021 D. Marlin Brandon Rice Research Fellowship. Aaron's work focuses on herbicide research in California rice production systems.
Oakleaf goosefoot a new weed concern in the Salinas Valley Richard Smith, Farm Advisor, UCCE Monterey County Oakleaf goosefoot (Chenopodium glaucum) is a new weed to the Salinas Valley that has become more prevalent.
Did you miss the Fire and Grazing on Rangelands webinar? Don't worry. We recorded it, and here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKpqWks81Io.
Reposted from UC Berkeley News As smoke from the Caldor Fire dulls the normally clear skies over Lake Tahoe, UC Berkeley scientists published the first study that examines how well Californians are able to keep the air in their homes safe during wildfire smoke events.
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