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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 08-10-2020" ET Report 08-10-2020 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...

The UC Desert Research and Extension Center (REC) is located in Holtville, California-a city dubbed the Carrot Capital of the World.

The Summer 2020 issue of the Retail Nursery and Garden Center IPM Newsletter is now available online.

Meetings and Announcements Borers in Landscape Trees Management of Nutsedge in Turf...

Congratulations to the following Ventura County 4-H'ers who participated in California State Field Day 2020! This event was all virtual this year, so we had more participation than ever before! Ashley Pyler of Loma Vista 4-H won 3 Golds in the State 4-H Film Festival for her videos "Apple Goodness,"...

Dear 4-H Families, We are embracing the new way of 4-H program! We hope you are enjoying your summer and participating in the 4-H program. We are looking for new ideas for projects to participate in during COVID-19.

The monarch butterfly egg is oh-so-very-tiny but what an incredible work of nature! The intricate egg is about the size of a pinhead, 0.9mm wide and 1.2mm high. It's creamy yellow with narrow longitudinal ridges.

This is the second story in our #NationalWellnessMonth series. See the first story, Guidance for healthy eating at all ages. Many Californians' well-being has suffered after months of sheltering at home amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Congratulations on being a proud, new poultry parent! Like many other folks, you've likely found yourself with the time to take on this new parenting role due to the ongoing pandemic and desire to raise and grow your own food.

I like to use fresh green onions when I can, but if I am making a recipe and do not want to run to the market for green onions, dehydrated onions work great in a lot of dishes.