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The introduction of a new crop into a landscape brings certain unknowns, including the risk of drift from neighboring crops. Hemp is a new, high-value commodity that is now being produced in many parts of California.

The University of California invites comments on proposed revisions to Presidential Policy on Protection of Human Subjects in Research.

Healthy Soils and Cover Crops Field Day Meridian, CA March 17, 2020 ~ 8:30-11:00am See attached for full agenda. This project was supported by the California Climate Investments program (http://www.caclimateinvestments.ca.

2020 Field Meetings Announcement March 17 - Healthy Soils and Cover Crops Field Day, Meridian March 24 - Soil, Water, and Pest Management Training for Field Workers in Spanish, Sutter County Ag Building, 142 Garden Hwy, Yuba City March 31 - Workshop: Winter Nitrogen, Intersection of County Rd 86 and...

In California, sudden oak death disease has killed more than 50 million of the state's iconic oaks and tanoak trees between Humboldt County and Monterey County, threatening survival of several tree species.

By Penny Pawl, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County One of spring's miracles is about to occur. The California Pipevine Swallowtail butterflies will start emerging from their pupas and gather around California pipevine plants to create a new generation sometime in March.

The UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology has announced its schedule for the spring quarter seminars, from April 1 through June 3. Due to the UC Davis directives on coronavirus outbreak precautions, these seminars will be virtual seminars, online only, until further notice.

UC California Naturalist and our UC Agriculture & Natural Resources statewide program partner Project Learning Tree (PLT) have joined forces to offer a series of workshops in 2020.

If you've ever visited the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven on Bee Biology Road, UC Davis, you've seen it--the six-foot long ceramic-mosaic sculpture of a worker bee. Titled "Miss Bee Haven," it anchors the half-acre bee garden, which was installed in the fall of 2009 and named for its primary donor.

The Christmas cactus, Thanksgiving cactus, and Easter cactus are tropical ephiphytes with spectacular blooms. (An epiphyte is a plant that grows on other plants but isn't a parasite.) These holiday cactus generally look similar and require similar care, but bloom at different times.