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Dear members of the Monterey County 4-H Leaders Council, On Tuesday, August 21st, the 4-H Leaders Council will hold its monthly meeting at 7pm. The location will be at the County Agricultural conference room at 1432 Abbott St. in Salinas.

I learned recently that my house is in the currently quarantined section of Solano County because medflies had been found in the area. What that means is that I'm not supposed to move fruit and vegetables out of my property unless I process them first.

This link below will open the on-line published article entitled "Global spread of Conservation Agriculture" authored by A. Kassam, T. Friedrich and R. Derpsch.

The California Naturalist program will be offered in an eight-day immersion course in Cambria this month, and in a slower-paced eight-week program that starts in September in San Luis Obispo, reported Michele Roest in the San Luis Obispo Tribune.

UCCE Rice Field Day 2018 UCCE Rice Yield Contest New Watergrass Species: Be on the lookout! Testing for Suspected Herbicide Resistance Management of stem rot...

Oh, man, I just made this dessert and it was extremely easy. The oven didn't need to be used because I cheatedwith a store-bought graham cracker crust. The pie filling came out of a jar of mine; it was cherry.

UC: Tariffs could cost fruit, nut industries over $3 billion (Farm Press) Aug. 15 A new report released by the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources' Agricultural Issues Center estimates the higher tariffs could cost major U.S. fruit and nut industries $2.

Celebrate National Honey Bee Day by brushing up on your knowledge of bee protectioncheck out the newly revised Best Management Practices to Protect Bees from Pesticides and Bee Precaution Pesticide Ratings from UC IPM.

With mounting pressure on growers to account for their precious water use, irrigation tools are relevant now more than ever.

August IPM Breakfast Meeting Yuba-Sutter-Colusa Counties Friday, August 17th, 2018 7:30am 9:00am IHOP Restaurant, 1310 Franklin Rd, Yuba City, CA (No-host breakfast) Join Area IPM Advisor Emily Symmes and Sacramento Valley Orchard Systems Farm Advisors Janine Hasey and Franz Niederholzer to discuss...