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In 2014, plant biologists with the California Department of Agriculture reported an alarming discovery: native wildflowers and herbs, grown in nurseries and then planted in ecological restoration sites around California, were infected with Phytophthora tentaculata, a deadly exotic plant pathogen tha...

Many of us have heard that coffee grounds are good for plants. People recommend adding used coffee grounds to the garden, either directly or mixed with compost or other organic materials, as a means of adding nitrogen-rich organic matter.

Reminder: UC-held South Sacramento Valley Processing Tomato Production Meeting Thursday, January 10th, 2019. 8am to noon Woodland Community Center, 2001 East Street, Woodland 95776 See attachment for full agenda. DPR credits: 2 hrs "Other" 0.

As anyone who has ever cared for livestock at a commercial scale will tell you, animal husbandry requires a wide range of skills. Ranchers must be animal behaviorists, veterinary technicians, bovine (or ovine, caprine, etc.

UPDATED MEETING DATE! Colusa Winter Almond Meeting January 17, 2019, 8:00a.m. - 11:45am Granzella's Banquet Hall, 457 - 7th Street, Williams, CA 95987 Meeting sponsored by: Farm Credit Services of Colusa-Glenn, ACA Colusa County Farm Supply 1.75 hours of PCA CE (0.5 hr Laws/Regs & 1.

Here are a few important changes happening at IT with details below: Email delivery from systems Password and login changes for UCPath Duo Enrollment We made updates this week to the way email is delivered from our systems such as Collaborative Tools, Mailing Lists and the Volunteer Management Syste...

Happy New Year! Were all settling in after the frantic activity of the holidays for a quiet winter. January is a good planning time of year. Assessing what you have for seed starting supplies, potting soil and seed varieties is always a fun way to start the excitement for the spring ahead.

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If you've been looking for that elusive first-of-the-year cabbage white butterfly in the three-county area of Sacramento, Yolo and Solano, you're in luck. Art Shapiro hasn't found it yet, and neither has anyone else. So you can keep looking.