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Ever noticed that when yellow-faced bumble bees, Bombus vosnesenskii, forage in lupine that their pollen is red? Last July when we were camping at Bodega Bay, we delighted in watching the bumble bees foraging in the lupine.

In This Issue Prune Orchard Considerations 2024 Prune Resources Through End of Year 2024 Season Retrospective Assessing the Needs of Ag Producers in Butte, Glenn & Tehama Counties New Staff Research Associate! Rootstock Options for Your Next Orchard...

A new policy brief provides evidence supporting the need for an increase in the number of reimbursable meals and snacks under the federal Child and Adult Care Food Program, also known as CACFP, from three to four per child daily.

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As California faces new challenges, University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources has been hiring UC Cooperative Extension experts with different skills to help Californians, including residents in urban areas.

New USDA Marketing Assistance Now Available for Specialty Crop Producers - Take a look at the attached flyer for more information.

As we come to the close of the 2024 growing season there is time to think about how to improve in the upcoming year. Please consider implementing some of these tips on irrigation management as you prepare for the 2025 season.

By Manjul Dutt, Sheetal Ramekar and Gary England The grapefruit was created by chance from a cross between a pummelo and a sweet orange. It was first discovered in Barbados in the 18th century. All the commercially sold grapefruits today trace their roots back to the Duncan variety of grapefruit.

That UC Davis beetle T-shirt is NOT more popular than The Beatles, but it sure is a big hit, both here and across the pond.

California ranchers benefit when they plan ahead for extreme weather variability, according to rancher surveys and interviews conducted by a team headed by Leslie Roche, a professor of Cooperative Extension in the UC Davis Department of Plant Sciences.