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Here are useful links to practical information for addressing the Covid-19 Pandemic: ucanr.

Soil health for the common good April 18, 2020 Jeff Mitchell, Tom Willey and Paul Muller Though humans thrived here for millennia without planting seeds or herding animals, the phenomenal success of California's short-lived agricultural experiment is staggering on a planetary scale,and represents ba...

Proper pruning and tree care are important in most trees, including citrus and avocado.

JohnsonGrass-JG (Android) and JG-JohnsoGrass (Apple) are apps for your tablet or smartphone that provided useful information about the biology, identification and management of Johnsongrass [Sorghum halepense].

While checking traps recently, I noticed a lot of activity in the water in several recently flooded fields. A quick glance into the water might make you believe that tadpole shrimp is present in large numbers, or even perhaps that a treatment did not work.

Following my blog post about a week ago about using urea or aqua-ammonia (aqua), a number of people have been asking to see the data. The study was conducted in 2017 at the Rice Experiment Station. Aqua and liquid urea were applied at three rates (50, 100 and 150 lb N/ac).

By Susanne von Rosenberg, UC Master Gardener of Napa County Sunflowers are one of those flowers that just seem designed to bring us joy. Who can avoid smiling when we see their bright, cheery faces? There are many other things to love about sunflowers as well.

They're making a difference: locally, regionally, nationally and now internationally.

Coronavirus's next victim: Big Meat (Grist) Nathanael Johnson, April 30 It's going to cause price spikes somewhere downstream, said Rich Sexton, an agricultural economist at the University of California, Davis.