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New Release from CDFA: SACRAMENTO, August 30, 2018 A portion of Sacramento and Yolo Counties have been placed under quarantine for the Oriental fruit fly following the detection of 15 flies in and around the southern part of the City of Sacramento near the Lemon Hill community.

A few years ago, I purchased a one-gallon plant from the Solano College plant sale. The label said Dorycinum hirsutum. I quickly planted it in my bare backyard and waited for it to grow. It's a slow growing plant and took several years to really show it's beauty and to reseed.

And doing it in the dark? In a recent paper, David Pattemore and associates reveal some fairly different observations about avocado flowering. One, that the female stage can be open and potentially receptive to pollination at night.

Just call them the "incredible aphid-eating machines." That would be the lady beetles, commonly known as ladybugs (although they are not bugs; they're beetles belonging to the family Coccinellidae, and they're not all "ladies"--some are male!).

WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT STATE WATER EFFICIENCY AND ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM (SWEEP) FUND 2018 RESPIRATION RATE OF HOLSTEIN STEERS DURING HIGH AMBIENT TEMPERATURES PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS MAY SUPRESS DURUM WHEAT CROP LODGING IMPERIAL VALLEY CIMIS REPORT AND UC WATER MANAGEMENT RESOURCES COACHELLA VALLE...

Most people don't bond with spiders, but Jason Bond, the newly selected Evert and Marion Schlinger Endowed Chair in Insect Systematics in the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology, does.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Delta Region Areawide Aquatic Weed Project (DRAAWP) has, as one of its purposes, to enhance and implement the rollout of new, innovative, or unique processes to support finding and controlling aquatic invasive species.

Save the Date!California Naturalist Program Regional Rendezvous October 28, 2018 at the Miners Foundry Cultural Center in Nevada City...

August 29, 2018 John Diener of Red Rock Ranch in Five Points, CA was extensively interviewed at his farm on August 29th by a video group from Cool Planet and the Future of Agriculture Podcast about his long-term soil care practices and experiences.

In This Edition: Kicking off the 4-H Year 2018/2019 Officer/Leadership Training DaySeptember 8 Pg. 2 4-H Achievement Night September 15 Pg. 3 Fresno County 4-H Leaders Council & Committee Mtgs. -Pg. 3 Attention 4-H TeensPg. 4 CCLS (Community Club Leaders) - Need to Know- Pg.