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Listen Up To "This Month in the Garden" on In The Garden Radio

January 6, 2021
Katrina Kirkeby and Teena Spindler are both Gold Badge holders which indicates that they have each committed and performed 1,000 hours of volunteer service for the gardening community as Master Gardeners. And both have fantastic home gardens they maintain on their own.
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Photo 2. FarmWise Titan autonomous tractor equipped with split knives
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

2020 Evaluations of automated weeders in lettuce production

January 6, 2021
By Richard F Smith, Steven A Fennimore
Elizabeth Mosqueda is an Assistant Professor at the California State University, Monterey Bay. Richard Smith is a Vegetable Crop Production and Weed Science Farm Advisor with UC Cooperative Extension. Steve Fennimore is a Cooperative Extension Weed Specialist at UC Davis.
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A lady beetle searching for aphids on a rosebud in the winter. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Amazing Lady Beetles

January 6, 2021
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you have roses blooming in your yard in the winter--or trying to bloom--check to see if there's a lady beetle, aka ladybug prowling around. Any aphids? A lady beetle can eat as many as 5000 aphids in its lifetime, so they're the good guys and gals in the garden.
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Salinas Valley Agriculture: Article

2020 Evaluations of Automated Weeders in Lettuce Production

January 6, 2021
Author(s): Elizabeth Mosqueda, Richard Smith and Steve Fennimore Assistant Professor CSU, Monterey Bay, Farm Advisor and UC Extension Weed Specialist Background: Automated weeder technology has evolved significantly over the past decade.
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Reminder: Upcoming meetings January 2021

January 6, 2021
Statewide Pistachio Day is January 12 and 13, 2021, featuring talks on water and irrigation, climate change, salinity tolerance of rootstocks, new Navel Orangeworm research, and more. Click the link below for the full agenda, as well as to register. Continuing education credits have been requested.
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Organics Still Gaining Ground in CA

January 6, 2021
By Ben A Faber
Organic farming continues to expand in California and now includes more than 360 commodities, according to a new University of California report.
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Palmer vs waterhemp
UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia): Article

Summer scholars opportunity at Cornell University

January 5, 2021
By Gale Perez
Weed Science-Based Summer Scholars Opportunity at Cornell University Guess what, undergraduates! Cornell AgriTech in Geneva has received the green light to proceed with the 2021 season of the Summer Scholars Research Program, which offers students the opportunity to work with faculty, their graduate...
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