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Don't get caught out in a perfect storm Field Day on Cropload on Wednesday, May 8th starting at 9 am. See announcement at http://www.sacvalleyorchards.

CropManage Hands-on Workshop Bringing Irrigation and Nutrient Management Decision Support to the Field Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 1pm 4:30pm Location: University of California Cooperative Extension 669 County Square Drive, Suite 100, Ventura, CA 93003 Learn how to use CropManage to support irrig...

Critical Leaf Nutrient Thresholds to Diagnose Deficiencies in HLB Trees By Arnold Schumann, Laura Waldo, Tripti Vashisth, Alan Wright and Kelly Morgan Huanglongbing (HLB) disease severely impacts the nutrient status of citrus trees, particularly by stunting the feeder roots and causing measurable de...

The University of California's Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources News and Outreach in Spanish developed videos in English and Spanish of our Farm-to-Preschool Festival. Video in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtkyotwJ08U&t=7s Video in Spanish: https://www.youtube.

It's not often that we get to mix baseball and pests in our blog, but today we learned that the San Francisco Giants and Cincinnati Reds game was delayed by almost 20 minutes due to swarming bees.

My allergies are controlling me, again. I don't have any travel over the next 2 weeks so no reprieve in the short term. At least the heavy lift of yard work is done for a bit. And, I am down to 6 dossiers remaining for first review. I hope to knock out 1 or 2 of those today.

Fiddleneck (Amsinckia spp.) is a native plant in California. It occurs in grasslands and open, disturbed areas (DiTomaso, Kyser et al. 2013) and is sold as a pollinator plant in native plant seed mixes. Its bright yellow flowers catch the eye of those looking for wildflowers.

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Among California's agricultural commodities, cattle rank fifth in revenue. The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources' Agricultural Issues Center has released a new study showing the cost and returns of a beef cattle operation.

The annual UC Davis Small Grains and Alfalfa Field Day will take place on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at the Agronomy Field Headquarters (2400 Hutchison Drive, Davis, CA 95616). Registration opens at 7:30am, and lunch is provided between the small grains morning program and alfalfa afternoon program.