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The United States Geological Survey (https://www.usgs.gov/) defines drought as a 'period of drier than normal conditions that results in water-related problems.

About 15 years ago on an already hot July morning my husband and I, while walking our dogs, noticed smoke rising from a dried grassy area behind a subdivision wall. We called the fire into Dispatch, and Vacaville Fire quickly extinguished it. It burned less than an acre of dead grass.

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Packing Safe Lunches; Getting Ready to Make Lunch; Preparing Foods; Keep Hot Foods Hot and Cold Foods Cold; Transporting Lunches Safely...

Khaira to lead UC CalFresh Kamaljeet (Kamal) Singh-Khaira has accepted the position of director of the University of California CalFresh Nutrition Education Program, also known as UC CalFresh.

A new study on the costs and returns of a beef cattle operation has been released by the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources' Agricultural Issues Center. The estimated costs can help ranchers and land management agencies on California's Central Coast make business decisions.

From the Topics in Subtropics blog The following article is from the UC ANR Integrated Pest Management website, authored by Cheryl Wilen. http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74128.html Puncturevine (Tribulus terrestris) is an aptly named summer annual found widely in California.

Cal/OSHA HEAT ADVISORY When employees work in hot conditions, employers must take special precautions in order to prevent heat illness. Heat illness can progress to heat stroke and be fatal, especially when emergency treatment is delayed.

Pickling season is here. If you don't have any in a garden you can harvest, check at your local grocery or Farmers' Market for pickling cucumbers and pickle away. Pickles are pretty easy to do, but the fresh refrigerator pickles, well you could have your children make them with a little supervising.

Interesting farm call this morning. A strawberry grower near Watsonville reported a large group of worms (caterpillars) migrating north out of the mixed cover crop including barley and mustard.