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If you like chocolate, thank the midges. These tiny flies (about 1 to 3mm) pollinate the intricate flowers of the cacao tree, Theobroma cacao. From those seed pods, known as cocoa beans, come the chocolate that we crave. In fact, we Americans consume 2.

CONTACT: Anita Brown (530) 792-5644 Assistance Available for California Producers to Aid Declining Monarch Butterfly USDA Helps Producers Manage for Habitat, Improve Ag Operations DAVIS, Calif., Jan.

Apply for CDFA funding- State Water efficiency and Enhancement Program (SWEEP) and Healthy Soils Program (HSP). Receive up to $100,000 in grant funding to improve your on-farm water and energy efficiency and healthy soil practices through the grant funding programs.

A new era for UC ANR online If you have visited the UC ANR homepage this week, you surely noticed it has an entirely new, freshly updated look. We are very excited for the public at large to interact with the new site and to deepen their engagement with ANR and what we have to offer.

According to the report from Biological Products Industry Alliance (BPIA), the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the 2018 Farm Bill, was signed into law on December 20, 2018, and provides the first statutory language regarding plant biostimulants in any law in the United States.

Farmers know they lose crops to pests and plant diseases, but scientists have found that on a global scale they are reducing crop yields for five major food crops by 10 percent to 40 percent, according to a report by a UC Agriculture and Natural Resources scientist and other members of the Internati...

Crocosmia By Andrea Peck UCCE Master Gardener Common Name: Montbretia Latin Name: Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora Size of Plant: This plant grows 2'-3' high and wide. Bloom Description: Bright orange-red flowers clustering along the end of the stem in a feather-like manner.

The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) was chosen to receive CHIP's 2018 Outstanding Partner Award which was presented to the team on Thursday, February 7, 2019 at CHIP's 45th Anniversary celebration in Chico, CA.

UPCOMING MEETING EVENT: UC Davis Viticulture and Enology On the Road in Monterey County Monterey County Cooperative Extension Office 1432 Abbott Street, Salinas, CA March 8, 2019, 8:30 am-1:30 pm PCA and CCA credits have been requested. For more information or directions call (831) 759-7350.

By Laura Lukes, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, February 8, 2019 It didn't take long. Soon after the first post-Camp Fire rains, there was green in the burned area. Along lower Skyway, a blanket of soft verdure overlay the harsh scars of incineration.