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Glenn McGourty
ANR Employee News: Article

Mendocino UC Cooperative Extension advisor Glenn McGourty retires

June 24, 2020
By Jeannette Warnert
When Glenn McGourty joined UC Cooperative Extension as a plant science advisor in Mendocino County in 1987, he was one of the first farm advisors in the state to have support for organic and sustainable farmers written into his job description.
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Rice field in Butte County, CA.
UC Rice Blog: Article

New California Rice Herbicide Available in 2020: RebelEX®

June 24, 2020
By Whitney B Brim-Deforest
A new herbicide is available this year for use in California rice: RebelEX, manufactured by Corteva. It is a premix of two other well-known herbicides: Clincher and Granite SC, both from Corteva. The active ingredients in RebelEX are cyhalofop (same as Clincher) and penoxsulam (same as Granite SC).
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Kira Olmos, 5, of Winters reacts to her first encounter with a stick insect at a Bohart Museum of Entomology open house. This candid image won a silver award in the ACE competition. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

UC Davis, UC ANR Communicators Win Awards

June 23, 2020
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Hats off to the communicators affiliated with the University of California, Davis, and the UC Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR) for their international awards.
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photo by Jenni Dodini
Under the Solano Sun: Article

My Mothers Day Bougainvillea

June 23, 2020
One of my surprise gifts this year was the lovely bougainvillea pictured below. I did not have the heart to tell the giver that I have been known as a killer of bougainvillea.
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