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THE 2020 CDFA HEALTHY SOIL-INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND IMPERIAL COUNTY AWARDEES.

As summer quickly approaches and we find ourselves getting outside a bit more, remember to take care to protect yourself from mosquitoes.

Dear colleagues, On behalf of Senate Chair Bhavnani, please read the attached statement from the Academic Council and join the UC community in honoring George Floyd and other victims of police murder and brutality with a minute of silence and reflection at 11 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday, June 4.

Dear Rabbit 4-H families, We were unable to attach this to the 4-H newsletter do to the size of the article. Please see the attached information on the terrible rabbit disease wiping out colonies of rabbits. If you have any additional questions, please contact your local Vet or 4-H office.

Dear 4-H Families, The 4-H June newsletter has many new updates on fairs, events and new articles! We just received approval to hold small 4-H meetings. We can only have a maximum of 8 youth and 2 adults until further notice. The UCCE Santa Cruz and 4-H office are still working remote.

"Honey bee venom treatment may become a new tool in the search for new ways to prevent infection with COVID-19," says Norman Gary, emeritus professor entomology at the University of California, Davis. He alerted UC Davis scientists to an article in sciencedirect.

Meet a Master Gardener, see our response to a Helpline question about chicken manure, and learn about what we do as local volunteers for the University of California. We're the UC Master Gardeners of Santa Barbara County, and we give "advice to grow by" to home gardeners.

Hello Rabbit 4-H families, Our system glitches in the process of sending you the information prior. We were not able to send this information in the newsletter due to the size of attachments.

New report explores long-term effects of COVID-19 on state's cattle, dairy, produce, strawberry, tomato, nut and wine industries. COVID-19 continues to affect parts of California agriculture in different ways.

The bacterium that causes huanglongbing (HLB), Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas), enters a citrus tree either through grafts or when the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) feeds.