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On a recent trip to Florida we saw a dog in action locating avocado trees that had been attacked by the Redbay ambrosia beetle which carries the fungus Raffalea lauricola which is a similar pest/disease complex that is found in California with the Polyphagous/Kuroshio Shot Hole Borer and Fusarium Eu...

The latest National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) results are out for the citrus crop. These are results that are collected by the USDA to gauge production in the different growing areas of the country.

If you like honey and want to learn more about it, the place to bee on Sunday, Nov. 20 and Saturday, Dec. 10 is the seventh annual Z Specialty Food Open House. It's scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in its warehouse, 1250-A Harter Ave., Woodland.

Check out the November 2016 issue of the Rice Notes newsletter.

When the Bohart Museum of Entomology hosts its open house, Uninvited Guests: Common Pests Found in the Home," from 1 to 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19, "invited" guests will meet "uninvited" pests.

Kearney Research and Extension Center, University of California Cooperative Extension California is the major producer of fresh market citrus in the U.S., a $2 billion industry that is threatened by a devastating disease called citrus Huanglongbing (HLB).

Worried about uninvited guests gathering in your home without an invitation or your permission? You know, the ones with six, eight or more legs? Now you can find out all about them. And maybe, just maybe, you can kick them out.

Volunteer and Leadership opportunities! Get ready for Food Faire and Fashion Revue!...

So here we are, planning a long-awaited 113-mile trip from Solano County to Natural Bridges State Park, Santa Cruz, to admire and photograph the overwintering monarch butterflies. Then it happened.

At a recent conference in Florida, University of Florida entomologist Daniel Carrillo reported some very disturbing news.