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USDA Farm Loan Programs By providing access to credit, FSA's Farm Loan Programs offer opportunities to family-sized farmers and ranchers to: Start, improve, expand, transition, market, and strengthen family farming and ranching operations Beginning farmers, racial and ethnic minority farmers and wom...

I recently returned from a trip to the Grand Canyon. Although there are many wondrous and marvelous things to see at the Grand Canyon National Park, this blog entry will focus on the Tusayan Ruins located within the park because of the grounds and garden there.

by David Doll, UCCE Pomology Farm Advisor (see also http://thealmonddoctor.com/) With the emergence of herbicide-resistant weed populations, several perennial nut crop spray programs incorporate the use of pre-emergent herbicides.

Advice for the Home Gardener from the Help Desk of the UC Master Gardener Program of Contra Costa County It's been an interesting year here at MGCC's HOrT COCO blog. As the editor, I'm grateful for all the great work the MGCC's Help Desk volunteers do to provide the material for the blog's posts.

How would you describe the year 2017? Survival of the fittest? In the insect world, it's more like "survival of the flittest.

From AAAS Eurekalert: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/qmuo-rtr120817.

Surprise! Surprise! You never know what you'll see when you're strolling through the 100-acre UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, a treasure to students, faculty, staff and visitors.

USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers disaster assistance and low-interest loan programs to assist agricultural producers in their recovery efforts following wildfires or other qualifying natural disasters.

Glyphosate is one of the most widely used herbicides in the world and is extremely important in many of our orchard, vineyard, and annual crops as well as in non-crop and home situations.

Ready? Set? Go? The search party is almost ready to start. If you're lucky, you'll net the prize before Art Shapiro does.