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Nitrogen budgets are becoming more of a norm for California growers, and more than ever it's important for growers to get the greatest return for their nitrogen applications.

VISALIA Last week's California Citrus Conference marked a major milestone for growers, and it wasn't just the 50th anniversary of the Visalia-based Citrus Research Board (CRB).

By Cindy Watter, U.C. Master Gardener of Napa County The first brugmansia I ever saw was growing in an enormous pot someone had placed against the wall of an otherwise insalubrious alley in Eureka, California.

By Jeff Oster, UC Master Gardener of Butte County, October 19, 2018 Two weeks ago in this column, we introduced a few of the most common ornamental plants in the Asteraceae family.

So you're walking along Doran Regional Park Beach in Sonoma County on Tuesday, Oct. 16 and thinking about the pollinators in your back yard. (Don't we all?) And then: what a delight to see.

In this issue: New Waste Discharge Requirements for Confined Bovine Feeding Operations. New Research to Evaluate Early Weaning as a Drought Strategy. New Research Evaluates Livestock Guardian Dog Breeds. More on LGDs... Placer-Nevada-Sutter-Yuba Livestock and Natural Resource Needs Assessment.

Results from all fall-planted 2017-2018 UC Statewide Small Grain Variety Testing Program trials are now available on the UC Small Grains website: http://smallgrains.ucanr.edu/Variety/.

New Waste Discharge Requirements for Confined Bovine Feeding Operations New Research to Evaluate Early Weaning as Drought Strategy New Research Evaluates Livestock Guardian Dog Breeds Placer-Nevada-Sutter-Yuba Livestock and Natural Resource Needs Assessment Workshop and Events Calendar Grazing Techn...

This is where a group of trained, certified Master Gardeners are on hand to research your questions and get back to you within days.

Tuesday afternoon I headed to Des Moines to participate in the Borlaug Dialogue and World Food Prize events.