Ongoing research

Like a moth to a flame... That's what it will be like when folks flock to the Bohart Museum of Entomology on Saturday night, Aug. 3 for its annual Moth Night. It's free and family friendly--and it's all in keeping with National Moth Week: Exploring Nighttime Nature, July 20-28.

By Penny Pawl, U. C. Master Gardener of Napa County For the last three years I have been battling gophers in my garden. They have pulled artichoke plants down their hole and last summer took out my peppers and eggplants. A young fig tree had only a chewed-on place where its roots had been.

In the space of several days in early June, I received phone calls from two foothill cattle producers about an unusual number of dead and dying blue oaks on their annual rangelands.

Here is the August 2019 4-H Spirit- includes information on project completion rules, Fair news, enrollment, and more.

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.

On June 6, 2019 UC Cooperative Extension (UCCE) and burn boss Phil Dye led a 2.7-acre prescribed burn on a ranch in Bitterwater.

Pickles By Carol Michael UCCE Master Food Preserver I've been hearing about quick pickles. Can I adapt a traditional family pickle recipe to make it a quick pickle? -Lizette C. San Luis Obispo The bounty of fresh cucumbers is upon us.

Patricia Crawford's work on improved food labeling is but one example of the way that her timely, rigorous research has demonstrated the role of sugary foods and beverages in the development of diabetes and obesity and in helping to fuel America's childhood obesity epidemic.

Walnut Growers: We are sending this email extra because the California Walnut Board and Commission wanted to make it widely known to walnut growers that the USDA announced details of the Market Facilitation Program which provides for payments to walnut growers.

Real progress has been made in tackling the epidemic of childhood obesity since the first California Childhood Obesity Conference was held 20 years ago, but there is more work to be done.