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Master Food Preservers of San Bernardino County: Article

Plumtastic

August 13, 2019
By Denneigh J Denton
It's plum time. My tree is ready to go, so a picking I go...
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Santa Cruz County: Article

4-H Newsletter August 2019

August 13, 2019
Dear 4-H Families, We have many new articles in this issue of 4-H Newsletter. Do not miss the registration for fair entries for the up coming fairs. Livestock member read the new rules about YQCA training and Youth Department entries requirements to show livestock at all the local fairs.
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Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at UC Davis, with his screensaver, an image he took of Franklin's bumble bee. He passed June 7. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Franklin's Bumble Bee May Be Protected: A Legacy of Robbin Thorp

August 13, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
The late Robbin Thorp, distinguished emeritus professor of entomology at the University of California, Davis, and a global authority on bees, worked tirelessly to try to include Franklin's bumble bee (Bombus franklini) as an endangered species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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Sacramento Valley Field Crops: Article

Join us for the Dry Bean Field Meeting--This Friday at UC Davis

August 13, 2019
By Sarah E Light
Dry Bean Field Meeting UC Davis Friday, August 16, 2019, 10 am- 12:00 pm UC Davis Agronomy Farm Directions to the UC Davis Plant Sciences Field Facility:Note: this is a different location from previous years:From Hwy 113 in Davis, exit on Hutchison Drive.
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Kern County: Article

Kern UCCE/DWR Weekly Crop Water Use Report 08-12-2019

August 13, 2019
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 08-12-2019" ET Report 08-12-2019 Please see disclaimer link below: University of California Divisi...
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Livestock & Range: Article

Cows Needed for Antimicrobial Study on August 29

August 13, 2019
By Devii R Rao
Gaby Maier is the UCCE Specialist for Beef Cattle Herd Health and Production at UC Davis . She is conducting a study looking at antimicrobial resistance in bacteria in the feces of mother cows and unweaned calves.
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photos by Launa Herrmann
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Caladium: easy-grow summer-bloom tuber

August 13, 2019
Looking to add summer color to a flower pot, window box, hanging basket or along a shaded walkway? Consider planting Palladium tubers in the spring.
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