Ongoing research

Renowned soil ecologist, Gwen Grelet, who works as a researcher with LandCareResearch in New Zealand, visited the NRI Project field and had a very interesting and mutually-enriching conversation with CASI hosts, Tom Willey and Jeff Mitchell on June 12, 2019.

Replanting Trees in Mature Citrus Groves By Craig Kallsen, UC Cooperative Extension Advisor, Kern County While citrus groves are long-lived, the individual trees that compose the grove are not necessarily so.

IT'S ON THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW! WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19th. REMEMBER THERE IS A NEW LOCATION! - Highland Branch Library, 7863 Central Ave., Highland, CA 92346. Save your spot now. Yes, you out there, save that spot.

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County MGCC Help Desk Request: What's going on with my persimmon tree? I worked a bunch of compost into the soil around it in the spring and mulched with leaves. But it looks like it needs nutrients.

(Embargo lifts at 1 p.m., June 17. See online paper) Cancer research published by a team of scientists, including the Bruce Hammock laboratory, University of California, Davis, has been named the Journal of Clinical Investigation's Editor's Pick for the month of July.

Every time you eat a fruit, vegetable, or nut, you may want to thank a pollinator. Without them, our diet would lack many of the vitamins and minerals we need to survive. Often honeybees get all the kudos for pollinating, and they do a great job.

This just in -- a fellow MFP has a First Place at the San Bernardino Fair! Congratulations to Lynn Summers on her win.

Did you know that next week is National Pollinator Week? It is. June 17-21 is the week set aside to celebrate pollinators and how we can protect them. Actually, National Pollinator Week should be every day. Launched 12 years ago under U.S.

Stockmanship for Pasture Management Workshop An introduction to the art and science of stockmanship to achieve management objectives July 19-21, 2019 Palmdale, California Early bird registration fees end tomorrow (6/15/19)! Visit https://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=27326 to register.

Hello all, Please find the attached document to provide the previous weeks estimated water use report in terms of evapotranspiration for almonds, peaches, walnuts, established vineyard, alfalfa, and pasture in Stanislaus County.