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A monarch butterfly just deposited this egg on a milkweed leaf. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

The Oleander Aphid and the Monarch Egg

November 4, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
You never know about those photo-bombers. You can't trust 'em. So here I was, trying to photograph a tiny egg that a monarch butterfly had just deposited on our milkweed. I held it up for a better look.
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Coyote in the field. photo by Kathy Low
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Coyotes

November 4, 2020
Since late Spring, there seem to a lot more coyotes around this year than in past years. Besides hearing packs of them howling at night, every week or so I see one or two coyotes strolling across the field by my house, a couple of times when I've been out working in the yard.
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Ranching in the Sierra Foothills: Article

If you missed the October Webinars, you missed a lot!

November 3, 2020
By Daniel K Macon
October 2020 Beef Production and Targeted Grazing Webinars Now Available on YouTube! Thank you to everyone who was able to join in one or more of our Beef Cattle and Targeted Grazing webinars during the month of October! We had great discussions on everything from managing parasites in cattle to bid...
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Photo by: Hector Joel Amezcua, UC CAES
Livestock & Range: Article

New Ranch Water Quality Planning Tools

November 3, 2020
By Devii R Rao
UC Cooperative Extension is excited to announce the release of the Ranch Water Quality Plan Instructor's Guide, now available through the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications Catalogue and on the UC Rangelands Website, including the associated instructional and educational videos curate...
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UC Davis emeritus professor Hugh Dingle, wearing a Bohart Museum t-shirt, and then doctoral student Micah Freedman, did monarch research on Guam.
Bug Squad: Article

The Importance of Museum Collections

November 3, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
We're glad to see the importance of museum collections mentioned in the newly published UC Davis research analyzing modern-day and museum collections of monarch butterflies over a 200-year period.
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ISHB News: Article

New Video on Sampling for ISHB

November 3, 2020
By Randall Oliver
A new video outlining best practices in monitoring and sampling for invasive shothole borers (ISHB) is now available on the University of California Integrated Pest Management YouTube channel. View it at https://youtu.
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Central Sierra Livestock & Natural Resources: Article

October 2020 - Webinar Links

November 3, 2020
If you missed any of the October webinars, or if you would simply like to go back and review what you learned, Ive loaded the videos of each session onto my YouTube channel! You can simply click the links attached to watch the webinars!...
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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 11-02-2020

November 3, 2020
Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 11-02-2020" ET Report 11-02-2020 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...
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