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Summary: Following the crop production season in the fall, residual soil nitrate-nitrogen (N) levels increase when N-rich residues from crops such as broccoli are incorporated into the soil.

Winter & Bloom Almond Orchard Management Considerations Early Season Irrigation: Do We know When to Start?

2019 UCCE Winter Walnut Meetings Scale Pest, Navel Orangeworm, and Flatheaded Borers Cost and Expense Considerations in a Lean Price Year Tracking Winter Irrigation Needs Updated Walnut Cost Study 2019 IPM Breakfast Meetings Growing the Valley Podcast: Walnut episodes posted!...

Weeds compete with crops for light, water, and nutrients, which can result in yield reductions. Weeds can also interfere with crop production by serving as alternate hosts for pests and pathogens, providing habitat for rodents, and impeding harvest operations, among other impacts.

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Franz Niederholzer - 2019 New Year's Profile (Appeal-Democrat), Dec 31 https://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/franz-niederholzer---new-year-s-profile/article_071c961e-0d8a-11e9-b7a9-2ba8813a8968.html Keeping Up with Navel Infections (Dairy Herd Management) Emre Grdal and Noelia Silva del Rio, Dec.

Residents in fire-prone areas should take a critical look at the plants around their homes and remove any that can fuel a wildfire, wrote a team that includes UC Master Gardener Jessica Craven Goldstein for VC Reporter.

Red Turpentine Beetle By Norman Smith UCCE Master Gardener Most of us have seen the results of an infestation from this beetle - dead Monterey pine trees. But it is probably safer to say that most of us have not seen the culprit, the Red Turpentine Beetle.

Groundwater pumping may significantly affect growers' energy costs. As part of a California Energy Commission-funded research project, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory wants to hear directly from growersvia a short surveyabout their experiences with the energy needed to pump groundwater.

Sutter-Yuba Winter Almond Meeting Tuesday, January 8, 2019 | 8:45 am - 11:00 am Sutter County Ag Building, 142 Garden Hwy, Yuba City This meeting is intended as a short meeting to deliver timely information and gauge interest in future winter almond meetings in the Yuba City area.