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UC ANR's final, revised public value statements are now posted. These short and compelling statements articulate the value of our work. They can be used by everyone in UC ANR to help others understand our work, garner support for our work, and help us focus our work on impact.

Here is the May 2018 4-H Spirit. Inside you will find information on Fashion Revue winners, Mechanical Field Day in Merced, and lots more.

White Sage By Jutta Thoerner UCCE Master Gardener Salvia Apiana White Sage Planting zone: 7-10 Size: 3 to 4 feet tall, 3 to 6 feet wide. Flower stems can spike to 9 feet or more. Bloom:Light blue to white flowers in April to mid-July. The flower is a colorful corolla with 2 lips of unequal length.

(Embargo lifts at noon, Pacific Time, April 30) A newly published study by researchers at the University of Massachusetts and the University of California, Davis sheds new light on the mechanisms involved in obesity-enhanced colon cancer and may offer a therapeutic target to block and treat colonic...

It is the time of year when most people with any interest in the outdoors begin thinking about planting something. The last blog post introduced local farmer, Paul Glowaski co-owner of Dinner Bell Farm, as he reflects on the challenges of starting a farm in the foothills.

It will help control the weeds too. Watch your bearded irises bloom this month. Keep on top of pest and diseases. Put in your squash and melons. What is there already is really taking off now. Tune in for what to do In the Garden this month.

Following up on previous messages, the Rate and Recharge Committee and Associate Vice President Tu Tran have approved the full-costed rates for each of the nine Research and Extension Centers (RECs).

The city of Riverside pitched a white tent over the "Parent Navel" orange tree at the intersection of Arlington and Magnolia avenues last week to protect it from the threat of huanglongbing disease, reported Ryan Hagen the Riverside Press Enterprise.

Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms)) is a perennial free-floating aquatic plant species native to the Amazon region of South America. It has become invasive around the world, including the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in central California.

Join us on Thursday May 17th for this year's University of California Small Grains - Alfalfa/ Forages Field Day. The event will take place at the UC Davis Agronomy Field Headquarters on Hutchison Drive. Registration, parking, and lunch are free.