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Stanislaus County: Article

Volume 11, Issue 3, August 2019

August 30, 2019
Dry Cow Cooling Methods New Soils Advisor Alfalfa & Forage Field Day Meeting Strategies Compost Bedded Pack Barn UC Davis New Milk Parlor By-Product Survey Beef Semen Profitability...
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Kings County UC Cooperative Extension: Article

September 2019

August 30, 2019
Thank you everyone! Tiffany Watkins is Edition .. Kings County 4-H News Enrollment Council Mtg. Kings Fair Updates Staff Updates Achievement Night Club Leader recruitment Pick your project 4-H Volunteer Info.
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In spite of slowed hiring due to budget constraints, the numbers of UC ANR academic are holding steady. Most current data shown, next quarter's data will be available in September.
ANR Employee News: Article

ANR has a tight budget, not budget crisis

August 30, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
ANR's budget is tight this year, but we don't have a budget crisis, VP Glenda Humiston emphasized during the ANR town hall on Aug. 15. In addition to the budget update, Humiston discussed UCPath, which launches on Oct.
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Armyworm monitoring, combined with the registration of insecticides that are effective at controlling armyworms, has resulted in better control of the pests and less yield losses.
Food Blog: Article

Monitoring armyworms in rice helps reduce damage

August 30, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Armyworms can be a serious pest in rice. The worms can eat the rice foliate or panicles, and cause yield reductions. In 2015, a severe outbreak of armyworms caught rice growers by surprise, resulting in yield losses.
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photos by Michelle Davis
Under the Solano Sun: Article

An Unexpected Visitor

August 30, 2019
We had a surprise visitor in the middle of the day a couple of weeks ago. Stretched out across our tiny patch of grass in our backyard was a large snake. He or she had yellow stripes running the length of both sides of the dark brown body, round pupils and no rattles. Whew! Not a rattlesnake.
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