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Ventura County. Photo Credit Jeremy Kirsch
UC Cooperative Extension, Ventura County: Article

Healthy Soils Grants Announced!

June 7, 2019
This week the California Department of Food and Agriculture released the much anticipated Healthy Soils Program awards. Statewide, a grand total of $12.
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Earwigs are Good?

June 7, 2019
By Ben A Faber
It seems the humble earwig that can cause so much damage in citrus orchards in some years on some small trees can be a great boon in biocontrol. Read on: By Seth Truscott,College of Agricultural, Human, and Natural Resource Sciences https://news.wsu.
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CDFA Grant Help

June 7, 2019
By Ben A Faber
Introducing your new information source for CDFA grants, Kern County and Ventura County Shulamit Shroder and Alli Rowe are two of the newest members to UC Cooperative Extension. Shulamit is based out of Kern County and serves Kern, Tulare, and King Counties.
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A male European wool carder bee patrolling snapdragons in Vacaville, Calif. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
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European Carder Bees Do Like Snapdragons!

June 6, 2019
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
What a show! Last weekend we spotted female European wool carder bees (so named because they collect or card plant hairs for their nests) buzzing in and out of our snapdragons. The bees, about the size of honey bees, are mostly black and yellow.
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Beyond what I could have imagined!

June 6, 2019
By Wendy Powers
We did it! Yesterday, 281 donors gave $100,000 to UC ANR programs. THANK YOU to each and every generous donor! So many good things will come as a result of the support.
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UC 4-H Program of Tuolumne County: Article

June 2019

June 6, 2019
In this issue: - State Field Day Results - Camp Information - Updated PDR Corner...
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UC 4-H Program of Tuolumne County: Article

June 2019

June 6, 2019
In this issue: - State Field Day Results - Camp Information - Updated PDR Corner...
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A tariff on Mexican food imports could result in higher produce prices. (Photo: Pixabay)
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U.S. food prices could rise due to President Trump's tariff decisions

June 6, 2019
By Jeannette Warnert
The cost of avocados, tomatoes, berries, meat and countless other foods - both imported from Mexico and produced in California - could go up if new tariffs on Mexican products are imposed, reported Gosia Wozniacka in Civil Eats. Last week, President Trump tweeted that the U.S.
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