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Event Cancellation: The UCCE 3rd Annual Post-Harvest Almond & Walnut IPM Workshop scheduled for November 16, 2018 at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Chico has been cancelled. Thank you for your understanding.

The Vegetable Crops Program Team will meet Monday, Nov. 26, and Tuesday, Nov. 27, at the UC ANR Building in Davis. There is no cost to attend, but registration is required so that Program Support staff can plan for the appropriate number of people.

In this issue: Dormant Weed Control in Almond Orchards Old Pest-New Problem: Infestation of Pacific Flatheaded Borer in Walnuts in the Northern San Joaquin Valley 2018 Evaluation of Fungicides for Control of Tomato Powdery Mildew Field Corn Variety Trial Results...

FINAL ET REPORTING FOR 2018 Please see below link to access "How To Use Weekly Crop Water Use (ET) Reports to Assist Farm Water Management" How to Use Weekly Crop Water Use Report Please see below link to access "Weekly ET Report 11-12-18" ET Report 11-12-18 Please see disclaimer link below: Univers...

MERCED, Calif. As he walks to class at the University of California, Merced, Freddie Virgen sees a sea of faces in various shades of brown. He is as likely to hear banda corridos blaring out of his classmates' earphones as hip-hop.

I attended an informative conference in October that reported on the latest research results on tree root development in urban soils- the Landscape Below Ground. This was the fourth conference on this subject in the last 25 years.

Last week I mentioned that I am spending my long weekend attending a conference in New Orleans. The theme of the meeting is Resilience: Turning Challenges into Opportunities. Rebecca Blank, Chancellor at the University of Wisconsin Madison, gave the keynote address.

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"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."--Rabindranath Tagore When we think of orange and autumn, we think of the marriage of the Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae), and the Mexican sunflower (Tithonia).

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County Client's Request (via phone): What is the nutritional composition of compost tea?