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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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Red grapes in vineyard ANR photo
From Soil to Science: Article

Got Grapes? Collaborators Needed

August 30, 2019
UCCE is looking for growers interested in collaborating on a study of vineyard irrigation water use to help provide more accurate usage rates to the Groundwater Sustainable Agencies (GSAs) whose current modeled volumes overestimate actual use based on site variability and deficit irrigation practice...
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Mohamed Nouri
ANR Employee News: Article

Names in the News

August 30, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Nouri named UCCE orchard systems advisor for San Joaquin County Mohamed Nouri joined UC Cooperative Extension on July 1, 2019, as an orchard systems advisor serving San Joaquin County.
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dog survey
Topics in Subtropics: Article

Dogs on The Trail of HLB

August 30, 2019
By Ben A Faber
A team of dogs trained to identify Huanglongbing-infected citrus trees by scent has detected evidence of early HLB infection in commercial groves in Ventura County.
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UC Master Gardeners of San Joaquin County: Article

July-September newsletter

August 29, 2019
We are sharing our summer newsletter again because some of our readers did not get the email when we sent it out. We hope you enjoy it! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A new edition of Garden Notes is now available.
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Elvira Galvan Hack, academic advisor for the undergraduate major, animal biology. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Entomology & Nematology News: Article

Elvira Galvan Hack: Paying It Forward

August 29, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
As a child growing up in Dixon, she remembers picking bell peppers and sorting tomatoes with her farmworker-parents and siblings. They also labored in fruit-cutting sheds in nearby Winters.
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UCCE farm advisor Margaret Lloyd, in plaid shirt, led Debbie Thompson, Sacramento County deputy ag commissioner, and Assemblymember Jim Cooper on a tour to meet Mien strawberry growers she works with.
ANR Employee News: Article

Advocacy is about building relationships

August 29, 2019
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Most Californians do not live near a UC campus and therefore do not know that UC is present in their communities. We need to make all Californians aware that UC ANR is the local UC connection, delivering a variety of programs, services and research that builds and supports the local community.
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Mariposa County: Article

September 2019

August 29, 2019
Here is the September 4-H Newsletter. Lots of information on upcoming events, record book deadline and our 70th Anniversary Dinner and Fundraiser slated for November 2.
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