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For Your Information- A couple of speakers switch time slots and times adjusted by 15 minutes earlier. None of the agenda content has changed.

A position (Assistant Professor Cropping Systems Specialist) in the Dept. of Plant & Soil Sciences opened up at Oklahoma State University. The application deadline is coming up--FEBRUARY 1, 2014. The position description is attached.

Apparently they're not parasitized. The three queen bumble bees (Bombus melanopygus) we found circling our porch lights the night on Jan. 9 appear to be fine.

The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, a statewide program with local development and delivery, is seeking an Academic Coordinator to provide IGIS analysis, coordination and support to the Informatics and Geographic Information Systems (IGIS) team to the meet the IGIS missio...

The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources, a statewide program with local development and delivery, is seeking an Academic Coordinator to provide IGIS analysis, coordination and support to the Informatics and Geographic Information Systems (IGIS) team to the meet the IGIS missio...

Rose Pruning Workshop - Sunday January 26th, 1-3pm, Colusa County Fairgrounds...

Boat slips in Folsom Lake in a drought (1976). The reservoir was at 18 percent of capacity on Tuesday (Jan. 7, 2013).

If you have a passionflower vine (Passiflora), check to see what insects or stages of insects are making this plant their home.

You can quench your thirst. And then you can "quince" your thirst. That would be a honey bee on a flowering quince. Yes, the flowering quince are flowering. And none too soon in our drab landscape, nearly devoid of color. Today the honey bees seems to be in a feeding frenzy.

Good news for minor tree crop weed managers - Chateau SW (active ingredient: flumioxazin) recently received a Supplemental Label that allows use in bearing olive and pomegranate orchards. Flumioxazin is a cornerstone preemergence herbicide for many tree and vine crop weed managers.